This study aims at a reassessment of Turgenev's article "Hamlet and Don Quixote" in light of the literary sources which might have inspired it, and to analyze its relevance to novels and stories most directly related to it. Thus, the main purpose of the study is to highlight Turgenev's world view as contained in his article and illustrated by his chief male protagonists, some of his heroines and their interrelationship. / We also demonstrate the way in which Turgenev's original, avant-garde interpretation of Don Quixote played a key role in his literary career and made an important contribution to the study of Cervantes in nineteenth-century Russia. The psychological ideal proposed by Turgenev in his interpretation of Don Quixote challenges the commonly-held view of Turgenev as a pessimistic writer.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.68538 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Beauregard, Josée. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Russian and Slavic Studies) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000110068, proquestno: AAINK51871, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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