Ortega y Gasset sobre la supuesta inconveniencia de leer Don Quijote en la escuela
Autor:
Ariso Salgado, José María
; Díaz Lage, José María
Fecha:
2022Palabra clave:
Revista / editorial:
Logos (Spain)Citación:
Ariso Salgado J. M. . y Díaz-Lage J. M. (2022). Ortega y Gasset on the Alleged Inconvenience of Reading Don Quixote at School. Logos. Anales del Seminario de Metafísica, 55(2), 169-182. https://doi.org/10.5209/asem.79392Tipo de Ítem:
Articulo Revista IndexadaDirección web:
https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASEM/article/view/79392Resumen:
Este artículo presenta la postura mantenida por José Ortega y Gasset en el debate que tuvo
lugar en la España de comienzos del siglo veinte sobre la conveniencia de leer Don Quijote en las
escuelas. Con este fin, comenzamos describiendo, si bien brevemente, el estado del pensamiento de
Ortega y Gasset en 1920, cuando escribe Biología y Pedagogía, el ensayo del que nos ocuparemos aquí.
Según Ortega y Gasset, Don Quijote no se debe leer en las aulas porque no contribuye al desarrollo de
la vida espontánea o natura naturans de los estudiantes. Para fomenter este desarrollo, Ortega y Gasset
sugiere dejar a un lado a Don Quijote y recurrir a mitos como Ulises o Hércules porque sus hazañas
excitarían el pulso vital del alumnado. Sin embargo, sugerimos varias razones por las que el objetivo
planteado por Ortega y Gasset –junto a algunos otros beneficios educativos de considerable valor– se
podría alcanzar recurriendo a la lectura de determinados pasajes de Don Quijote en lugar de basarse en
las gestas de Ulises y Hércules.
Descripción:
This article presents the stance taken by José Ortega y Gasset in the debate that took place
in early-twentieth-century Spain regarding the convenience of reading Don Quixote in schools. To this
end, we start by describing, albeit briefly, the state of Ortega y Gasset’s thought in 1920, when he writes
Biología y pedagogía, the essay with which we shall concern ourselves. According to Ortega y Gasset,
Don Quixote must not be read in the classroom because it does not contribute to the development of
the students’ spontaneous life, or natura naturans. In order to foster this development, Ortega y Gasset
suggests leaving Don Quixote aside and resort to myths such as Odysseus or Heracles because their
exploits would excite the students’ vital pulse. However, we suggest several reasons why the aim stated
by Ortega y Gasset –and several other highly valuable educational benefits– could be reached resorting
to the reading of selected passages of Don Quixote instead of the feats of Odysseus and Heracles.
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