Studying a 'modern hero'

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Last Saturday, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Development and the Departments of English, International Languages and Cultures, History and Political Science hosted "Don Quixote: Study of a Modern Hero," an innovative, international conference. The conference tied in conversation about film, history, literature, political science, visual arts and psychology, aiming to invigorate Don Quixote as a man of modern times. "Don Quixote," fully titled "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha," is a novel by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes that follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, who sets out to revive chivalry under the name of Don Quixote. Published in two volumes in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish literary canon and a founding work of modern Western literature.