Don Quixote, Benengeli and Coetzee’s Jesus Trilogy.
Autor
López, María J.
Editor
Taylor and FrancisFecha
2023Materia
CoetzeeThe Childhood of Jesus
The Death of Jesus
Cervantes
Don Quixote
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This article focuses on the central role of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) in J.M. Coetzee’s
Jesus novels, arguing for the relevance of the fact that it is Benengeli, the fictional
Moorish historian – and not Cervantes – who is presented as the author of the Spanish
novel. This is first explored in relation to the analogy that The Childhood of Jesus (2013)
makes between authorship and paternity, along with the depiction of the relationship
between authors and characters as one of temporary, non-substantial stepfatherhood. The
disruption of Don Quixote’s authorship/paternity also traverses the trilogy’s questioning
of linguistic origins, and concern with linguistic processes of estrangement, displacement
and irony. Finally, Cervantes’s absence in Coetzee’s novels is examined in relation to
David’s act of trust and blind belief in the character of Don Quixote, a response to both
the performative power of words and the capacity of literary characters to outstrip their
original authors.
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