Resumen de The Wormhole of Montesinos: Don Quixote's Cave Adventure as a Tale of Science Fact and Fiction
The present study is a by-product of Marsha Collins's encouraging call to investigate the "temporalities at play in Cervantes's novel," specifically related to "literary strategy and imaginative rendering of time as human experience" (42, 61). If we also recognize that Don Quixote embodies the natural philosophers of the Scientific Revolution, especially given his declared intentions before visiting the cave, and believe that he passes through a wormhole, "a hypothetical structure of space-time envisioned as a tunnel connecting points that are separated in space and time" ("Wormhole"), then we could resolve the temporal enigma presented in chapters 22-24. Even disproving this hypothesis that Don Quixote accidentally discovers a wormhole would simultaneously render it a success, at least within the framework of the scientific method, as well as move Don Quijote as a novel closer to the science fiction genre: "[I]it is still not possible to describe [science fiction] as a homogeneous form of writing. [...]Don Quixote rejects his squire's conclusions because of what his senses are telling him: "' Yo no veo, Sancho,' dijo don Quijote, 'sino a tres labradoras sobre tres borricas' [...]
