1. 9.30.08 | Immersion and Don Quixote
Schedule:
Attendance & Questions?
Don Quixote question
Small groups
Class discussion of DQ
HW – read Madame Bovary.
Goal[s]:
Assess attitudes toward immersion, the connotations to round out our definition.

2. Let’s revisit yesterday’s discussion
Yesterday’s question:
What were some of the central issues that were discussed in your groups yesterday?
How does Don Quixote's immersion into the texts of chivalry parallel the readers' immersion into the work, and what aspects of Cerventes' writing style immerse the reader in Don Quixote's world?

3. Today’s question:
In the reader on page 16: "On, then, as aforesaid, came Don Quixote against the wayward Biscayan, with uplifted sword and a firm intention of splitting him in half, while on his side the Biscayan waited for him sword in hand, and under the protection of his cushion; and all present stood trembling, waiting in suspense the result of blows such as threatened to fall, and the lady in the coach and the rest of her following were making a thousand vows and offerings to all the images and shrines of Spain, that God might deliver her squire and all of them from this great peril in which they found themselves. But it spoils all, that at this point and crisis the author of the history leaves this battle impending, giving as excuse that he could find nothing more written about these acheivements of Don Quixote..." What is Cervantes doing here? Does the sudden change of pace change your immersive experience?

4. Small Groups.
We will do small groups everyday. The day’s presenter[s] will offer their questions.
You will have between 10 and 15 minutes to discuss the question with your group.
At the end of discussion time, have someone in your group write up a paragraph or so summarizing the position your group came to on the back of the question sheet.
NB> This will be turned in.
Find four partners, maybe some folks you haven’t worked with yet.

5. Back to small group discussion:
What did you all have to say about those interruptions?
How do you have access to his stories?
Why do this if you are Cervantes?

6. For next time Read Madame Bovary.
Again, another iconic immersed reader; again, we are looking at attitudes toward immersion, characterizations of immersion.
Flaubert cited Cervantes specifically as inspiration. We will certainly compare.
Pay particular attention to the perspective/access you are given as reader. Bovary is a representative example of “Realism”.