tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post704296677676129682..comments2024-03-27T09:50:53.662-05:00Comments on Happy Catholic*: Well Said: On the humility of trying harderJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-1776335510878510452015-03-12T10:08:31.136-05:002015-03-12T10:08:31.136-05:00Like many people, I am way behind in my RadioLab e...Like many people, I am way behind in my RadioLab episodes, though I guess it says a lot about my interests that I did manage to listen to the football episode. :-D<br /><br />I noticed that episode but didn't think of it as relating to my personal reading so thank you for the heads up on that. I did know about the fan fic version, having read just enough of the introduction to DQ to see it mentioned. I was more interested in the fact that Cervante became a priest just a few weeks before his death. (Just can't shake that Catholic focus!)<br /><br />Though, claiming it as the first time that literary device was used is surely unnecessary, right? I mean, it is usually credited with being the first novel. So naturally the nested, meta story would be used in a novel for the first time if it was employed in that book. Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-47963770440962771012015-03-11T21:34:37.252-05:002015-03-11T21:34:37.252-05:00You might be interested in a recent RadioLab podca...You might be interested in a recent RadioLab podcast on the real Don Quixote at http://www.radiolab.org/story/real-don-quixote/ They describe it as Cervante wrote is as a meta-narrative, sort of like a story within a story, but the meta-story builds a whole story around the story of Don Quixote, pretending the meta-narrative to be real story behind the story. They claim it was the first time this literary device was used.<br /><br />For example, before Cervante could write a sequel, a second author wrote a sequel (like fan fiction). So Cervante included that in his sequel by having the "real" Don Quixote meet the "false" Don Quixote and poke fun at the second author's attempt to cash in on his fame all within the story.<br /><br />Give it a try. They did a better job explaining than I can.CowPihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923190424317728359noreply@blogger.com