Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Mit Jenny Erpenbecks Roman Gehen, ging, gegangen soll eine Lektüreerfahrung mit Deutschlernern geteilt werden, anhand derer bedeutende Themen wie Migration, Fremdheit und das ethische Schreiben zur Sprache kommen. Die Autorin konfrontiert den Leser narrativ mit der aktuellen Situation der Flüchtlinge in Deutschland und zeigt dabei eine interkulturelle Begegnung zwischen Menschen, die sich trotz Fremdheit und Andersheit näherkommen und kennen lernen. In diesem Kontext ist auch eine vielschichtige Wahrnehmung des Lesers beabsichtigt, die eine Bereitschaft einschließt, über die Beziehungen des Fremden und des Eigenen nachzudenken und daraus über sich selbst zu lernen. Deshalb wird hier die pädagogische Rolle der Migrationsliteratur herausgestellt, die schließlich zu einer Selbstreflexion führen soll, wenn sie sich sowohl mit dem kulturell Fremden als auch mit dem eigenen Fremden kritisch auseinandersetzt. Der Lerner als Leser wird so auf vielfache Weise zu einem Perspektivenwechsel herausgefordert. Der besprochene Roman dient hier, um aus didaktischer Perspektive auf bestimmte Forderungen einer transkulturellen Literaturdidaktik in Anbetracht von theoretischen Positionen einer derzeitigen Literaturethik einzugehen. Den Abschluss bilden einige didaktische Vorschläge, die durchaus auch auf andere ähnliche Werke angewandt werden können.

On the basis of a phonetic and phonological study about fricative and affricate segmentes in 9 linguistic materials of varieties of the Kampa language family collected in field by expeditionaries and missionaries during 18th to 20th century, aspects of internal classification and diachrony of the aforementioned family are discussed.

This article investigates the overlap and porosities between fiction and non-fiction discourses in the early texts of Gabriel García Márquez. I propose there is a fluid process of exchange between informative discourses and those of literary creation, where the young writer experimented to novel within journalism, using hyperbole as well as fictional situations and characters in a phenomenon that I call magical journalism. García Márquez’s use of hyperboles works as a springboard of tensions and intentions to expand and compress semantic content. The writer-journalist constructs hyperboles using two main elements: superfluous detail and precise descriptions. On the one hand, hyperboles overflow, pressing limits and, on the other, intricate detailing controls the excess, rendering images credible in the context of the stories that are told.

This article analyzes the representation of witches and princesses in the story "La mica", from the book Cuentos de mi tía Panchita (1920), by Carmen Lyra. For this purpose, a series of sections are established. First, the critical apparatus by which the text is approached, corresponding to the feminist literary and the defined object of study, is pointed out. Secondly, the author and her work are located within their political, social, economic and cultural context. Third, two mediation strategies are included: intertexts and inter-discourses, in order to elucidate the analysis. Fourth, the social and ideological implications of the discourses inherent in the story are pointed out. Finally, the conclusions obtained from the approach are provided.

This article examines the poetry of Rodrigo Facio Brenes with the aim of determining its main humanistic values as well as its dialogue with the Costa Rican historical and cultural context. Initially, the article establishes a brief theoretical framework and then places Facio’s poetry in the first half of the twentieth century. Secondly, the paper analyzes the social dimension of the poems and, thirdly, addresses the topics of liberty, fraternity, love, and responsibility as the axiological axes that structure them. As for the conclusions, emphasis is laid on Facio’s contribution to Costa Rican poetry inasmuch as on the fact that up to this date his poetry has been practically unknown to national Literature.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the noise generated by aeronautical operations around Juan Santamaría Airport and its compatibility with the land use and the proposed zoning around the airport. Aircraft noise can produce discomfort, interference with daily activities, and excessive vibrations; hence, land use planning around airports is of importance. Maps were prepared through computational models representing the noise levels generated by the operations of the airport. The operations were analyzed by aircraft type, schedules, and flight tracks, for 2013 and projections for: 2016, 2026, and 2036. Noise level data were collected with a sound level meter at 28 points surrounding the airport. Comparing the annual maps of 2013 and 2036 it was determined that 41,24 % of the analyzed area will present clearly perceivable increases (5 dB(A) to 10 dB(A)), and 1,36 % of the area will have double loudness increases (10 dB(A) to 14 dB(A)). The 2016 maps show locations where it is recommended to incorporate solutions in the construction regulation that reduce between 25 dB and 30 dB in the residential and scholar areas located within 65 dB(A) and 70 dB(A), such as Coco, Rincón Monge, Rincón Herrera, and Bajo Sorda. This finding is supported by field measurements. The proposed zoning was contrasted against the yearly day-night average sound level of 2036. The biggest issue of excessive aircraft noise is located near the west runway where a range above the 75 dB(A) is expected. Any edification of permanent residence must be banned in here.  

The use of continuous reactors for heterogeneous catalytic ozonation is yet to be investigated in order to develop a viable technology for industrial applications. This paper presents hydrodynamic and degradation studies on the use of a co-current down flow trickle bed reactor for heterogeneous catalytic ozonation of phenol (as model pollutant) over Fe-Diatomite pellets and Fe-coated glass beads. It was found that the reactor can operate under trickle or pulsing flow regimes, promoting mass transfer augmentation. Residence time distribution data, fitted with n-CSTR and axial dispersion (ADM) models, showed low axial dispersion and high flow distribution. Just the Fe-diatomite pellets showed important phenol adsorption (16 %). Degradation experiments demonstrated that phenol conversion was substantial when using both catalysts, up to 19,7 % pollutant conversion with liquid-phase space times of just 6 s. Compared to direct ozonation, the use of the Fe-diatomite pellets and Fe-coated glass beads enhanced the reactor performance by 48 % and 23 %, respectively. It was confirmed that mass transfer is an important factor that restricts this reaction system performance; consequently, further improvement in mass transport rate is necessary for system optimization.