Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Only 2 out of 10 Spaniards have read Don Quixote – The Universal

The 40.9 percent of Spanish citizens acknowledge that you have never read the book Don Quixote Miguel Cervantes Saavedra , reported the Center for Sociological Research (CIS).

The government agency issued Tuesday its barometer of June when he asked his interviewees about their reading habits in concrete laying considers in this country greatest work of literature in Spanish language.

In the survey, 21.6 percent said they read Don Quixote Complete ; 21.3 percent read some chapters; 7.4 percent was left in the first half and 4.5 percent chose the shortened version.

Of the people who have not read it, 31.9 percent acknowledged that he does not like reading, 14.8 percent due to time constraints, the 11.4 percent who not interested the work and 10.4 percent are not interested in classical literature.

On the question of if you know the real name of the character Don Quixote (Alonso Quijano) only it hits 16.6 percent, compared to 31.6 percent who misses, and 50.9 percent do not know.

In the same questions about the character of Dulcinea Toboso (Aldonza Lorenzo) only hits 9.6 percent; 33.3 percent misses and 55.8 percent do not know.

The 35.4 percent felt that the reading of this work of Cervantes should be mandatory for students aged 15-18 years, while 37.5 percent should not be mandatory under any circumstances, and 15.9 percent that it is asking for literature and arts specialties.

About how many books they have read in the past 12 months, 34.1 percent none answered; 28 percent of two to four books; 13 percent five to eight books; 10.1 percent only a book, and 7.0 percent of 13 to more books.

The CIS survey conducted fu two thousand 484 interviews among people of the 18 autonomous communities of Spain, from 2 to June 12 last, and the margin of sampling error is 2.0 percent.

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