Wenyan GU
Lecturer
Department of Chinese Language and Literature
East China Normal University
500 Dongchuan Road
Shanghai, 200241
EDUCATION
· Ph. D., Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University (2019)
Department of East Asia and China Studies, University of Cologne (2019)
§ Dissertation: “The Dissemination and Reception of Modern Chinese Literature in the Germanophone World: Literary Communications after 1972”
§ Dissertation Research in Austria: University of Vienna (2018)
· M.A., Department of German, University of Göttingen (2015)
· B.A., Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York (2012)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Lecturer, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University, 2019 –
RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Chinese-German Cultural Relation
· Theorization of Interdisciplinarity
· Modern Chinese Literary History and Criticism
· Modern and Contemporary German Literature
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK and EDITED BOOK
· The Dialectic Literary Outlook: Modern Chinese Literature in the Germanophone World （《辩证性的文学守望：中国现当代文学在德语世界》）(Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press, forthcoming, 2022).
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS and ARTICLES
· “Parable of the Delusionist?: Hans Magnus Enzensberger's Adaptation of Lu Xun's 'Resurrecting the Dead',” in German-East Asian Encounters and Entanglement: Affinity in Culture and Politics Since 1945, ed. Joanne Miyang Cho (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp 157-175.
· “Framing Infinity in Print: Germany’s Lasting Literary Gesture,” in andererseits: Transatlantic Yearbook of German Studies, 2018/2019, pp. 81-88.
· “The Chronotope of Nightmare: Walter Benjamin and the Phantasmagoria of the Flaneur,” in Ad Alta, Birmingham Journal of Literature, 2018, pp.66-74.
· “Towards Truthfulness: The Reception of Modern Chinese Literature in Federal Republic of Germany,” (《通向“真实”：联邦德国的中国现当代文学接受》) in Novel Review (《小说评论》CSSCI Journal), 2021(4), pp.82-91.
· “Revolution Parable of the East German Ah Q: Christoph Hein’s Theatrical Adaptation of Die wahre Geschichte des Ah Q,”(《东德阿Q的革命寓言：克里斯托夫·海因的〈阿Q正传〉戏剧改编》)in Chinese Comparative Literature (《中国比较文学》 CSSCI Journal),2021(3) pp. 122-137.
· “The Poetics of ‘Contingency’: ‘literariness’ and ‘history’ in A New Literary History of Modern China,”（《“偶然”的诗学——〈哈佛新编中国现代文学史〉中的“文”与“史”》）in Contemporary Writers Review (《当代作家评论》CSSCI Journal)2021(3), pp. 199-206.
· “The Reception Institution of Chinese Literature in the German Literary Public Realm,”( 《德语文学公共领域中的中国文学接受机制》)in Contemporary Literature (《当代文坛》CSSCI Journal) 2021(3)，pp.192-198.
· “The Literary Challenge of ‘Moral Routine’: Mo Yan Reception in the German Literary Institutions,” (《“道德惯例”的文学挑战：德语文坛争议中的莫言》，in Literature and Art Debate (《文艺争鸣》CSSCI Journal), 2020(12), pp. 126-162.
· “German Translation of Modern Chinese Literature in German Literaturbetrieb,” (《德语文学机制与中国现当代文学的德译传播》) in Southern Literature (《南方文坛》 CSSC Journal), 2020(1),pp.75-81.
· “The Historical Narrative of Modern Chinese Literature in the Germanophone World,” (《中国现代文学在德语世界传播的历史叙述》) in Chinese Comparative Literature, (《中国比较文学》 CSSCI Journal), 2019(3), pp.170-183.
· “Dissemination and Reception of Bei Dao in the Germanophone World,” (《北岛在德语世界的传播与接受》) in Yang Zijiang Review (《扬子江评论》 CSSCI Journal 2019 (3), pp. 45-51.
· “Rhetorics of Madness: Irony in Ning Keng’s Chenmo zhi Men,” (《“疯癫”的修辞：试论宁肯<沉默之门>中的反讽性因素》) in Contemporary Literature (《当代文坛》 CSSCI Journal) 2018(5), pp. 124-129.
ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS and HONORS
· DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) Doctoral Short-term Research Grant, 2019.
· OeAD (Austrian Academic Exchange Program) Ernst Mach Grant, Visiting Fellowship/Scholar, History Department, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, January-March, 2018.
· 3rd Young Scholar’s Forum Participation Grant, sponsored by University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, April 2018.
· Chinese National Scholarship for Distinguished Doctoral Students, 2018.
· Alpbach Forum Scholarship for forum participation, Alpbach, Austria, August, 2017.
· Notre Dame Berlin Seminar Fellowship, sponsored by Notre Dame University, Berlin, Germany, July 2017.
· Faculty Award (Fakultätspreis) in Humanity Studies Department, Göttingen University, Germany, 2015.
· Erasmus Exchange Semester Grant, Department of Literature, University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France, September – December, 2013.
· Ursula H. Africa Endowment Award, Binghamton University, New York, USA. April 2012.
· Weigand Study Abroad Scholarship, Binghamton University, New York, USA, September 2011.
· DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) Grant for Intensive Summer Course in Law, Bremen, Germany. August, 2011.
INVITED TALKS
· “Narratives of German-Jewish Refugees in Shanghai.” (October 2021, East China Normal University, China).
· “World Literature and Literary Institutions.” (November 2020, Soochow University, China).
· “Modern Chinese Literature in the Germanophone World.” (November 2018, Cologne, Germany).
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES
· “Recounting the Exile: Filmic Narration of the German-speaking Jewish Refugees in Shanghai, 1938-1949,” German Studies Association Annual Conference (Octobor 2021, Online)
· “Preliminary Thoughts on World Literary Institutions,” Conference on World Literary System (October 2020, East China Normal University, Shanghai).
· “Transcultural Contact in Cinematic Accounts of the German-speaking Jewish Refugees in Shanghai,” Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference (September 2020, online).
· “Hans Magnus Enzensberger's Adaptation of Lu Xun's 'Resurrecting the Dead',” German Studies Association Annual Conference (October
2019, Portland, OR).
· “Historical Narrative of Modern Chinese Literature in Germany, ”3rd Young Scholar’s Forum in Frankfurt, (April 2018, Frankfurt, Germany).
· “Walter Benjamin and the Phantasmagoria of the Flaneur,” Street and City Conference (April 2017, Lisbon, Portugal).
TEACHING
COURSE OFFERINGS:
· Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature (English)
· Western Literary Canon (Chinese)
· Western Literary History (Chinese)
· Chinese and European Literary Theory (English)