1. La Novela Picaresca

2. General Characteristics
• Open structure
• Double temporality
• Autobiography
• «Pícaro»

3. OPEN STRUCTURE
• No plot-pattern
• Series of disconnected adventures

4. DOUBLE TEMPORALITY
• The narrator, in the present, speaks of the
characters in their past

5. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Narrator knows the past of the characters
• Narrates in the present
• Knows the future events
• 1st person singular

6. PÍCARO
• Anti-hero
• Humble origin
• Witty
• Thief
• Cynical
• Liar
• Ammoral

7. Do you think these characteristics
apply to «Rinconete y Cortadillo»