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In the Barataria episode of Don Quixote, Cervantes uses acorns as a source of humor, highlighting the contrast between aristocratic and peasant ways of life. Acorns, however, not only connote a rustic, lower class existence, but they also symbolize the myth of the "Golden Age," a romanticized vision of humanity's earliest days. Cervantes explicitly links acorns to the Golden Age earlier in the Quixote, when the nuts inspire don Quixote's discourse on the theme. While critics often interpret Barataria as a type of utopia, albeit a failed one, the symbolic connections that the acorns provide suggest that we should also read the episode against the myth of the Golden Age in order to uncover its full significance. A utopian society achieves its ideal state through adherence to a set of rules and regulations that aim to promote accord among its citizens, whereas this social code is absent in the Golden Age, unnecessary in an as-yet-uncorrupted community. Through his strategic use of acorns, Cervantes calls attention to the differences between the two visions of a halcyon existence, ultimately suggesting that the very idea of utopia points to a decline in the human condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El presente artículo aporta pruebas a favor de la hipótesis de que Cervantes, una vez concluida la Segunda parte del Quijote (o al final del proceso de redacción), revisó parcialmente el original para introducir retoques y adiciones de cierto calado. A partir del estudio de una serie de incongruencias narrativas que no parecen achacables al mero descuido, se ponen de manifiesto las huellas de un proceso de reelaboración que afecta por lo menos a cuatro secciones de la novela. La mayor parte de indicios apuntan a que la revisión estuvo casi siempre ligada al desafío que supuso la continuación de Avellaneda, y a que esos cambios fueron acciones de última hora para impugnar al continuador apócrifo.

En este artículo exploramos el quijotismo que aflora en Sancho Panza al aceptar el trabajo como escudero bajo la promesa del gobierno de la ínsula Barataria. Esta “tierra prometida” se convierte en el objeto de deseo de este rústico campesino que desea adoptar una nueva identidad de la misma manera que su amo deviene un caballero andante bajo la influencia libresca de las caballerías. Se analiza también el valor actual del gobierno de Sancho Panza, con sus aciertos y desaciertos, sus logros y sus dificultades. DOI 10.20420/GUIN.2015.0073

Este estudio examina las relaciones entre la oralidad y la escritura en el episodio de Barataria, en la Segunda Parte de Don Quijote. Propone que los sabios juicios de Sancho en Barataria son un ejemplo de la supremacía de la oralidad sobre la escritura en esta novela. En particular, cómo Cervantes usa la oralidad y sus marcas como una herramienta para denunciar el excesivamente burocratizado sistema judicial de su época.

Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of salinity in Barataria Basin in coastal Louisiana is important to better understand and manage operations of existing and proposed freshwater and sediment diversions from the Mississippi River into the estuary. In this study, a comprehensive salinity dataset was compiled which covered the entire basin and included data from 1990 through 2015. The data were aggregated into daily mean salinity timeseries across Barataria Basin at a variety of spatial scales and used to analyze historic patterns. Simulations were conducted with two hydrodynamic models, the Integrated Compartment Model (ICM) and Delft3D. The Delft3D model output was overlaid with observed geo-tagged locations of bottlenose dolphins that were sampled from the southwest quadrant of the basin. The ICM simulations were used to assess the impact of existing freshwater and proposed sediment diversion projects which reintroduce riverine water into the estuary. The salinity in the uppermost portions of the basin is sensitive primarily to the existing freshwater diversion, whereas additional flows from a proposed sediment diversion result in additional freshening. The lowermost region of the basin is most sensitive to the proposed sediment diversion; however, the magnitude varies by diverted flow volumes and assumed sea levels in the Gulf of Mexico.

mendments of sediment from dredging activities have played an important role in raising the elevation of sinking coastal wetlands. This study compared the soil characteristics of sediment- amended coastal swamps in the Barataria Preserve unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve with natural swamps along Bayou des Familles. The sandy sediment amendments used in the coastal forests had different soil texture and characteristics than the more organic soils of the natural swamps. Three years after the application of these sediments on the sediment-amended swamps, dewatering and compaction of the sediment had occurred but the sediment still had high salinity and bulk density, and low organic matter content. The two sediment-amended swamps differed from each other in that Site 1 had a higher elevation (mean = 25 cm higher) and drier soil than Site 2. The effects of sediment in coastal forested wetlands require separate consideration from studies of salt marshes, e.g., the weight of the sediment might damage tree roots, or the amendments might influence soil stability during storms in a different way. Generally, this study suggests that shallower depths of sediment are more likely to yield environments beneficial to these sinking baldcypress swamps in coastal Louisiana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of salinity in Barataria Basin in coastal Louisiana is important to better understand and manage operations of existing and proposed freshwater and sediment diversions from the Mississippi River into the estuary. In this study, a comprehensive salinity dataset was compiled which covered the entire basin and included data from 1990 through 2015. The data were aggregated into daily mean salinity timeseries across Barataria Basin at a variety of spatial scales and used to analyze historic patterns. Simulations were conducted with two hydrodynamic models, the Integrated Compartment Model (ICM) and Delft3D. The Delft3D model output was overlaid with observed geo-tagged locations of bottlenose dolphins that were sampled from the southwest quadrant of the basin. The ICM simulations were used to assess the impact of existing freshwater and proposed sediment diversion projects which reintroduce riverine water into the estuary. The salinity in the uppermost portions of the basin is sensitive primarily to the existing freshwater diversion, whereas additional flows from a proposed sediment diversion result in additional freshening. The lowermost region of the basin is most sensitive to the proposed sediment diversion; however, the magnitude varies by diverted flow volumes and assumed sea levels in the Gulf of Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]