"The Transnational Hero: Re-accentuations of Don Quixote in the Novel," by Tatevik Gyulamiryan

The Transnational Hero:  Re-accentuations of Don Quixote in the Novel, by Tatevik Gyulamiryan (Hope College) Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote has shaped the literary landscape in a myriad of ways, inspiring extensive discussion of the novel’s enduring significance. In these conversations, the term quixotic has become a descriptor broadly applied to novels, characters, or concepts that echo Cervantes’s masterpiece and his iconic protagonist. Yet, this expansive use has inadvertently diluted the term’s richness and specificity. In The Transnational Hero, Dr. Gyulamiryan embarks on an exploration of Don Quixote’s intertextual influence, analyzing the relations between parody, imitation, adaptation, and what is quixotic. The author also considers the influence of the novel across literary history by revitalizing the concept of re-accentuation, as theorized by Mikhail Bakhtin. Through the lens of re-accentuation, this book offers a fresh perspective on how we interpret the essence of Don Q