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David Arbesú Fernández
This article offers a new interpretation of ¿El curioso impertinente,¿ examining the discussion of Anselmo and Lotario as a medieval ¿debate¿ in dialogue form. Taking into consideration the key concept of curiositas, the article analyzes how this notion unfolds into yet another medieval literary topos: the opposition of knowledge obtained from the auctoritas of the classics (represented here by Lotario) to that derived from experience (Anselmo). The analysis of ¿El curioso¿ from this perspective reveals closer connections between it and the plot of Part I of Don Quijote, as well as the work's theme of ¿knowledge.¿ The article thus provides further support for the ¿pertinence¿ of this ¿impertinent¿ story
