"Don Juan Canto-I" : Key info
"Don Juan Canto-I" is a notable literary work by Lord Byron. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of "Don Juan Canto-I".
Key info
Writer: Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Title of the Author: Poet of Romantic Rebellion and Passion.
Full Title of Canto – I: “Don Juan, Canto I.”
Publish Date: 1819
Hatefully Dedicated to: Robert Southey
Type of Writing: Epic Poem
Genre: Mock Heroic Epic, Satire.
Rhyming Stanza: Ottava Rima
Total Canto: 17. The Last one (17 No.) remains unfinished due to the death of Lord Byron.
Perspective and Narrator: Don Juan is told by an unnamed first-person narrator who charts the early childhood of the protagonist Don Juan.
Tense: The story of Don Juan is told in the past tense, but Lord Byron frequently references contemporary events and people in the present tense.
About the Title: The title of Don Juan is the name of the central figure in the poem and a traditional figure from Spanish literature. Don Juan is a young Spanish man who travels across Europe and finds himself in various romantic adventures.
Tone: satirical and humorous.
Setting: Time Setting: Early 19th century
Place Setting: The City of Seville, Spain