Acknowledgements The symposium acknowledges the ďŹ nancial support of the following Hofstra University departments:
O ce of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic A airs Department of Comparative Literatures and Languages Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Department of English Hofstra University Honors College Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Ar st: Jorge Valdivia Carrasco
Symposium Director: Miguel Angel Zapata Professor of Spanish Hofstra University