SHEN Changying TITLE/POSITION: Associate Professor
EMAIL: shenchangying@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES • PhD, American Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2005 • MA, British and American Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2000 • BA, English Language and Literature, Nanchang University, 1994
ACADEMIC POSITIONS • 2008 -- till now: Associate Professor, BFSU • 2000 -- 2008: Lecturer, BFSU • 1995 -- 1997: Assistant Professor, Nanchang University • 1994 -- 1995: Teaching Assistant, Nanchang University
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE • August, 2016 -- August, 2017: Visiting Scholar, Columbia University • January, 2012 -- July, 2012: Visiting Scholar, Leicester University • August, 2003 -- August, 2004: Fulbright Professional Associate, Yale University
TEACHING • Intensive Reading • Critical Reading • Introduction to Literature • American Literature • The City and Literature • African-American Literature RESEARCH INTERESTS • American literature in general, African-American Literature and women’s literature in particular
RESEARCH PROJECTS • The Study of Culture and Space in Paule Marshall’s Works • The City and Literature (course development)
SCHOLARLY WORKS • Gender, Race, Class and Space: A Study of Four Contemporary American Novels by Black Women Writers. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2008. • “Brownstones in Paule Marshall’s Works.” Foreign Literature, 2015, 253(2): 63 - 70. • “Reading the Subtext: Unreliable Narration in Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy.” Contemporary Foreign Literature, 2014, 35(4): 43 - 52. • “Selina as a Wanderer in Paule Marshall’s Brown Girl, Brownstones.” Foreign Literature 6 (2007): 92 – 100. • “The Expansion of Inner Space in Maud Martha.” Foreign Literature 2 (2006): 46-52.
AWARDS & HONOURS • Chen Meijie Award for Outstanding Teaching, BFSU
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