Talk:El Periquillo Sarniento

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Nice article, seems well researched (hopefully by the contributor him/herself). If what it says in the text really applies, links might be created from Journalist (at the bottom of the page -- "Journalists turned novelists") and Picaresque novel. --KF 14:18, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)

The name of this novel, "Periquillo" does not mean "parrot". "Perico" is a popular way to say the name "Pedro" (Peter) and have a sense of familiarity. The sufix "illo" means small. 

The name of the main character is "Pedro Sarmiento". In the novel the character explains that in school , his teacher called him "Pedrillo" (little Peter). But since there was already a boy named "Pedro" and called "Perico", they decided to name him "Periquillo". It has nothing to do with parrots!!!!

And as a mock of his elegant surname "Sarmiento", they corrupted that to "Sarniento" (mangy)

Following this there is a section asking to father for not letting this childern put names to other children...

Al this is explained in the second chapter of the novel.

I wish this would be explained in the article, since the mistranslation for the title seems common.

Nanahuatzin 06:48, 13 December 2006 (UTC)