
Consequently, we found it substantial to review the characters in relation to the theme of chivalry. Besides, they also share the quest to gain their beloved.

He built his novel on the classical solid work which is El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, Moreover, in this research, we tried to show that both novels illustrate the theme of chivalry, which is a cultural manual that prescribes how men potentially should treat women and provide them protection and love. Intertextualty is the main factor that permitted Rushdie to develop the themes, characters, and narrative techniques of his novel on the basis of another previously written one.


In other words, this research focalized on showing the intertextual relation between the two aforementioned works. This research paper aims at exploring the ways in which Cervantes' iconic novel led Rushdie's newest novel to appear.
