[FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work

[Steve Smith]

Interesting that while I have not read the Castilian original nor more
than snippets of more contemporary Spanish translations, the English
translation I read (in HS?) felt like it might have
imposed/projected-onto this work a very Anglophonic sensibility/style in
it's translation.   I experienced a (translated) student production of
DQ in college which gave me a stronger experience than the translated
reading, but 40 years later, my young (30something) Spanish (Basque)
colleague from Wales speaks of the DQ tale as if Sancho Panza is the
true hero/protaganist, which was what I suspected in my own first
reading.   It read as a modern "buddy flick" rolls in many ways and
recent revisits to the tale reminded me of the 'Quixotification" of
Panza and the "Panzafication" of Quixote as one of the outcomes... a
blending of the earthy and practical with the educated and idealistic.  
Also likely a reflection of the life and times of it's penning while
still seeming to have plenty of relevance today.

On 5/27/20 2:37 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> Read it in the original Spanish, Castilian as it is.  Would you read
> Shakespeare in modern vernacular English?  Spanish has changed less
> than English.  When I don't understand something in the King James
> version of the Bible I read the Spanish Bible to clarify.  It's stuff
> like "Dijoselo" (old) instead of "Se lo dijo (modern)." 
>
> My favorite English translation is by Samuel Putnam Modern Library). 
> It has some of the archaic feel of the original.  "Knight of the
> Mournful Countenance"  for "Caballero de la Triste Figura"
> for instance.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:24 PM Gary Schiltz
> <gary at naturesvisualarts.com <mailto:gary at naturesvisualarts.com>> wrote:
>
>     For those who have read Don Quixote, I would be interested to know
>     what what would be your favorite English translation as well as
>     your favorite modern Spanish version (as I understand it, a lot of
>     the story was written in "Old Castilian").
>
>     On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:28 PM Frank Wimberly
>     <wimberly3 at gmail.com <mailto:wimberly3 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         My favorite quote from Don Quixote is probably the most famous:
>
>         Whether the stone hits the vase or the vase hits the stone
>         it's bad for the vase.
>
>         I have multiple copies in Spanish and English but I've only
>         read parts.
>
>         ---
>         Frank C. Wimberly
>         140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
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>         On Wed, May 27, 2020, 11:19 AM Jochen Fromm
>         <jofr at cas-group.net <mailto:jofr at cas-group.net>> wrote:
>
>             I am not sure he wrote this :-/ My favorite Cervantes
>             quote from Don Quixote is "There is no book so bad that
>             it does not have something good in it". I remember reading
>             it in Greece during a summer vacation. Don Quixote has
>             everything, it is funny, wise and one of the first novels
>             ever. When we discussed a list of best books here on
>             FRIAM, someone immediately mentioned it (don't remember who).
>
>             -J.
>
>
>             -------- Original message --------
>             From: Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com
>             <mailto:jonzingale at gmail.com>>
>             Date: 5/27/20 17:47 (GMT+01:00)
>             To: friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>
>             Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work
>
>             Jochen,
>
>             Though likely not relevant, I wanted to share my favorite
>             Cervantes quote:
>
>             /"A wise man should ever be cautious when writing books to
>             let his humor
>             and his wits run leaden-footed. For if he writes for silly
>             maidens, then he
>             writes for nincompoops and ninnies."/
>
>             Jon
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