[专栏]为什么我们应该要读《唐吉诃德》？(4)

主人翁的内在生活。
Don Quixote matures as the narrative develops,
随着故事发展，唐吉诃德也渐渐成熟，
undergoing a noticeable transformation.
经历了重要的转变。
This literary revelation
这种文学揭示性，
has led many scholars to call Don Quixote
导致许多学者把《唐吉诃德》称为
the first modern novel.
第一部现代小说。
And this character development
这种角色发展
doesn’t happen in isolation.
并不是单独发生的。
Early on, Don Quixote is joined
早先，有位由村民转任的侍从
by a villager-turned-squire
加入唐吉诃德，
named Sancho Panza.
名叫桑丘潘萨。
Sancho and Don Quixote
研究认为，
are a study in opposites:
桑丘潘萨和唐吉诃德是完全相反的：
with one as the grounded realist
一个是踏实的现实主义者，
to the other’s idealism.
一个是理想主义者。
Their lively, evolving friendship is often credited
他们生动的友谊不断演变，这段关系被誉为
as the original hero and sidekick duo,
最早的英雄和搭挡二人组，
inspiring centuries of fictional partnerships.
是后来数百年小说中伙伴关系的灵感来源。
Don Quixote was a huge success.
《唐吉诃德》是很大的成功。
Numerous editions were published across Europe
在十七世纪时，
in the seventeenth century.
欧洲各地出版了许多版本。
Even in the Americas,
甚至风行到美洲，
where the Church banned all novels
在美洲，教堂禁止所有小说，
for being sinful distractions,