GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -On January 16, 1605, Miguel de Cervantes’ El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, better known as Don Quixote, is published. The book is considered by many to be the first modern novel and one of the greatest novels of all time.

Detailed explanation-2: -The modern European novel is often said to have begun with Don Quixote in 1605.

Detailed explanation-3: -Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote de la Mancha has been called “the first novel” by many literary scholars (or the first of the modern European novels). It was published in two parts. The first part was published in 1605 and the second in 1615.

Detailed explanation-4: -Don Quixote is considered a prototype of the modern novel in part because its author, Miguel de Cervantes, gave voice to a vibrant assortment of characters with diverse beliefs and perspectives.

Detailed explanation-5: -Don Quixote is considered the first modern European novel and a stellar example of the picaresque novel. “Picaresque” derives from the Spanish word “picaresca, ‘’ which comes from “picaro” ("rogue” or “rascal").