Ínsula Barataria

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Ínsula Barataria is the fictional island governorship granted as a prank to Sancho Panza in Miguel de Cervantes' novel "Don Quixote."

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Ínsula Barataria canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional island
fictional place
literary location
appearsInWork Don Quixote
Don Quixote
surface form: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha
associatedTheme common sense versus learned wisdom
governance and justice
illusion versus reality
social satire
countryOfOrigin Spain
createdBy Miguel de Cervantes
etymologyNote name suggests cheapness or trickery (from Spanish "barato")
fictionalStatus nonexistent island
firstPublicationCentury 17th century
firstPublicationYear 1615
governor Sancho Panza
governorCharacteristicShown fairness
practical wisdom
prudence
governorResidence castle administered by the Duke and Duchess
governorSelectionMethod appointment by Duke and Duchess
governorshipOutcome Sancho Panza resigns
governorshipType temporary
governorTitle Governor of the Ínsula Barataria
grantedToCharacter Sancho Panza
grantingCharacter Duchess
Duke
inUniverseLocation unspecified region of Spain
isPartOf second part of Don Quixote
languageOfOrigin Spanish
literaryFunction comic episode
vehicle for political commentary
medium novel
narrativeRole contrast with Don Quixote’s fantasies
development of Sancho Panza’s character
natureOfGrant mock governorship
prank
relatedWork Spanish Golden Age
surface form: Spanish Golden Age literature
usedAs test of Sancho Panza’s judgment

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Sancho Panza governs Ínsula Barataria