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Friday, August 21, 2009

People who influenced me: Miguel de Cervantez



Cervantez captured the medieval times perhaps almost as much as Walter Scott did. The greatness of Cervantez in 'The Adventures of don Quixote' is at once its many facetedness in the exposition so much so that it lends itself to many interpretations.

At times it is an expose of the folly of chivalry, an exultation of romantic values, the conflict between the rational and the visionary part of life in its portrayal of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza and above all its timelessness although set in medieval times.

In modern Management the organisation man is juxtaposed with the gentleman of the victorian era and the knight of the medieval times. No wonder don quixote is recommended reading in courses such as "Leadership: Competence, Vision and Mission" with immense insights to the student.

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