ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Miguel de Cervantes is the most important and celebrated figure in Spanish literature . He is best known for being the author of Don Quixote (1605, 1615), a widely read literary classic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cervantes himself states that he wrote Don Quixote in order to undermine the influence of those “vain and empty books of chivalry” as well as to provide some merry, original, and sometimes prudent material for his readers’ entertainment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among his most important poems, Canto de Calíope, Epístola a Mateo Vázquez, and the Viaje del Parnaso (Journey to Parnassus), ( 1614) stand out. The latter is his most ambitious work in verse, an allegory which consists largely of reviews of contemporary poets.

Detailed explanation-4: -The great Spanish writer, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) has sometimes been credited with writing the first modern novel when he wrote Don Quixote, Knight of the Rueful Countenance, which was published in Madrid in January 1605.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Novela de las dos doncellas” ("The Novel of the Two Damsels") “Novela de la señora Cornelia” ("The Novel of Lady Cornelia") “Novela del casamiento engañoso” ("The Novel of the Deceitful Marriage") “El coloquio de los perros” ("The Dialogue of the Dogs")