CALL FOR PAPERS

SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL AMERICAN LITERATURE

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT NORTHRIDGE
OCTOBER 24-26, 2001

The program will include the participation of a large group of Central American writers living inside and outside the istmus, sessions of literary and cultural criticism, Central American film screenings, and other cultural activities.

Special Guests (in parenthesis the country where they live):

Manlio Argueta (El Salvador)
Arturo Arias (Estados Unidos)
Mario Bencastro (Estados Unidos)
Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador)
Carlos Cortés (Costa Rica)
María Lourdes Cortés (Costa Rica)
Francisco Goldman (Estados Unidos)
Claudia Hernámndez (El Salvador)
David Hernández (Alemania)
Róger Lindo (Estados Unidos)
Vidaluz Meneses (Nicaragua)
Uriel Quesada (Estados Unidos)
Alfonso Quijada Urías (Canadá)
Carolina Rivera (Estados Unidos)
David Ruiz Puga (Belice)
Carlos Santos (Canadá)
Roberto Sosa (Honduras)
Nicasio Urbina (Estados Unidos)

To participate:
Send a One Page Abstract of your paper before August 31, 2001 to

Beatriz Cortez                          E-mail: beatriz.cortez@csun.edu

California State University, Northridge
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8247
USA

Ricardo Roque Baldovinos       E-mail: rroqueb@yahoo.com
Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
Departamento de Letras
Apartado Postal 01-168
Boulevard Los Próceres
San Salvador
El Salvador

Publication of papers:
An extended version of sellected papers presented at this conference will be published.

Conference fee:
Send a check to California State University to the following address:

Beatriz Cortez
California State University
Northridge, CA 91330-8247

Conference participants (before August 31)           $40
Conference participants (before September 31)     $65
Students                                                                       Free
General public                                                            Free

NOTE that there will not be a registration table during the conference. All conference fees must be paid prior to the latest September 31 deadline.

California State University at Northridge
is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in California.