New Pathways for Research in Honduras

Abstract

The texts included in this issue derive from the papers presented at the First Seminar on Literary and Linguistic Studies (SELL), held in September 2025 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Cortés Campus, in San Pedro Sula. The event sought to transcend the conventional teaching and learning practices carried out in university classrooms and to foster formal, high-level academic exchange among researchers from the UNAH and other universities in the fields of literature and linguistics, both nationally and within the Central American region.

To that end, over the course of two days, papers produced by scholars in the humanities from several universities in Honduras, as well as from abroad—specifically from the Universidad de Costa Rica—were discussed in thematic panels aligned with the research areas established in the Research Plan of the UNAH Department of Letters. As a result, thirteen papers have been included in this special issue of InterSedes. While most of them address literary topics, the issue also features contributions on linguistics, strategies for improving students’ reading comprehension, and oral tradition.