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标题：The Function of Skepticism in Part I of Don Quijote
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作者：Daniel Lorca
期刊名称：Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America
印刷版ISSN：0277-6995
出版年度：2010
卷号：XXX
期号：02
出版社：Cervantes Society of America
摘要：The aim of this essay is to clarify one of the functions of skepticism in Part I of Don Quijote. More specifically, even though there are many studies about the presence of skepticism in the writings of Cervantes,1 there is one aspect of that philosophy that has not received all the attention it deserves: the way in which it gives thematic continuity and structure to the novel. As we shall see, Cervantes took deliberate advantage of skeptical philosophy to create a contrast between the story of Don Quijote and the character “Don Quijote.” On the one hand, Don Quijote’s dogmatism drives him from one adventure to the next, which gives continuity to the narration, and on the other, the story of Don Quijote is presented as being un-dogmatic. This structural contrast works best in a culture where skeptical doctrine is well-known and influential, which is the case of Europe when the book was written.2