Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- proper noun
- Many scholars consider Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's 'Don Quixote' to be the first modern European novel.
Examples
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Many consider Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra the father of the modern novel.
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The legacy of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra continues to influence writers and artists around the world.
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language.
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Did you know Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote 'Don Quixote'?
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language.
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Many scholars consider Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's 'Don Quixote' to be the first modern European novel.
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The legacy of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra continues to influence writers and artists around the world.
Synonyms
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A Spanish writer who wrote Don Quixote and helped shape the modern novel
Spanish writer who wrote Don Quixote, a novel that makes fun of old ideas about knights
Surface Forms
Morphology
Miguel + de + Cervantes + Saavedra
This is a personal proper name rather than a compositional phrase: knowing the constituents ('Miguel', 'de', 'Cervantes', 'Saavedra') does not let a B1 learner infer the referent is a Spanish writer or the 'father of the modern novel'. Proper names are referential and language-specific (and 'de' only signals a name component), so the meaning cannot be derived from the parts.
Etymology
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer best known for the book 'Don Quixote', which tells of a man who attacks windmills because he thinks they are giants. That strong picture of a man fighting windmills is an easy memory hook and helps explain why Cervantes is seen as one of the first writers of the modern novel.