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Xingpei Shen Professor

Academic Area: 
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
Bio: 

Ⅰ.Introduction

Shen Xingpei, male, born in March 1980, Doctor of Literature, Professor, PhD advisor and Vice Dean of the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University. His main research direction is modern and contemporary Chinese literature, focusing on the research on the 21st-century literature, methods of literary criticism in modern and contemporary literature, the research on classic literature works, the research on contemporary literary trends of thoughts and genres, and writing resources and writer creation in recent years. He teaches undergraduate courses such as Work Selection of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Chinese Contemporary Literature History, and Chinese Literary Masterpieces Guided Reading. He also teaches graduate courses such as Research on Contemporary Literary Trends of Thoughts and Genres, and Research on Classic Literature Works of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature.

 

II. Personal Experience

2006.08-present

Work at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University.

2018.08-2019.08

Visiting scholar, Duke University, USA.

20xx.09-2011.06

PhD, major in modern and contemporary Chinese literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University.

20xx.09-2006.06

MA, major in modern and contemporary Chinese literature, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University.

2002.08-2003.08

Selected graduate from the Provincial Organization Department, the Organization Department of the Jiangyan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.

1998.09-2002.06

BA, major in Chinese Language Education, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University.

 

 

Ⅲ. Major Research Achievements

Papers (10 Representative Works)

  1. An Exploration of Wang Meng’s Early Literary Thoughts and His Cognitive Changes—Taking the Rewriting Incident of “Yin Weiwei” as an Entry Point, Literary Review, 2022.1.
  2. From “Political Man” to “Free Man”: The Transformation of the Nature of Man in Wang Meng's Fictions and Its Crisis, Theoretical Studies In Literature and Art, 2022.1.
  3. The Reflection on the Ethics of Good and Evil in Recent Chinese Novels: “Useless Goodness” and “Surplus Evil”, Literature Art Studies, Issue 5, 2021.
  4. An Examination of the Relationship between Bi Feiyu’s Reading History and Writing History, Literary Review, Issue 5, 2020.
  5. A Study of the Literary Relationship between Zhang Chengzhi and Okayama Shinkou, Literature Art Studies, Issue 9, 2019 (reprinted in Renmin University Review Materials, Issue 12, 2019).
  6. Critique of the “Forced Correlation Method” in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literature Art Studies, Issue 4, 2018 (fully reprinted in Xinhua Digest, Issue 16, 2018, and Renmin University Review Materials, Issue 7, 2018). 
  7. Secrets Along the Way: The Version Issues and Revision Phenomena in Novels Written by Bi Feiyu, Literature Art Studies, Issue 6, 2015.
  8. The Confession: A Journey of Exploring Human Evil, Literary Review, Issue 5, 2015
  9. The Formation of Historical View and Narrative Forms of “Cultural Revolution’ Novels—Focusing on Mainland and Overseas “Cultural Revolution” Novels, Literary Review, Issue 6, 2013.
  10. “I Am Forever a Passionate Rider”—An Interview with Wang Meng, Literature Art Studies, Issue 10, 2023 (fully reprinted in Xinhua Digest, Issue 24, 2023).

 

Monographs

  1. Private Thoughts on Literature: Observations on Contemporary Chinese Literary Phenomena (solely authored), Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2017.
  2. Impressions and Memories: Essays on Novels in the New Era (solely authored), Guangdong People’s Publishing House, 2022.
  3. Rationality and Lyricism (solely authored), Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, 2023.
  4. Mirror and Needle: A Study of Novels in the New Century (solely authored), Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 2024.

 

Research Projects

  1. The National Social Science Fund of China, Research on the Interventionality and Public Nature of Novels in the New Century (2017-2020).
  2. Sub-project of a Major National Bid Project, Research on the Holistic View of New China’s Literary History and the Socialist Literary Experience in the Era of Reform and Opening-up (2019.11-2024.11).
  3. Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Fund Project, Research on the Interventionality and Public Nature of Novels in the 21st Century (2016-2019).
  4. The Key Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province, Research on the Relationship Between Foreign Resources and Works of Jiangsu Writers (2017-2020).
  5. The National Social Science Fund of China youth project, The Evolutionary Narrative History of Novels on the Cultural Revolution (2011-2014).
  6. Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education, Research on the Evolution of Narrative Techniques in Novels of the Cultural Revolution in the New Era (2010-2013).
  7. National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Author Special Fund Project, Research on the Narrative of the Cultural Revolution in Overseas Chinese Novels (2014-2017).
  8. Key Educational Reform Project at the University Level, Exploration of Curriculum Upgrading and Teaching Innovation for Traditional Chinese Language and Literature Programs from the Perspective of new humanities.

 

IV.Academic Awards and Honors

  1. National Top 100 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, 2013
  2. 9th Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Award·Youth Achievement Award, 2024
  3. Second Prize, Jiangsu Provincial Social Sciences Achievement Excellence Award, 2022
  4. Third Prize, Jiangsu Provincial Social Sciences Achievement Excellence Award, 2020
  5. Zijinshan Literary Criticism Award, 2020
  6. Annual Outstanding Paper Award, Fiction Review, 2022
  7. 1st Jiangsu Provincial Literature and Art Grand Award·Literary Criticism Award, 2021
  8. 10th Jinling Literature Award, 2020
  9. First Prize, 6th Jiangsu Literature Criticism Award, 2017
  10. Second Prize, 4th Jiangsu Literature Criticism Award, 2015
  11. 1st Jiangsu Zijin Literature and Art Criticism Award, 2015
  12. 1st Jiangsu Provincial Young Social Sciences Talent, 2014
  13. Guest Researcher, Chinese Modern Literature Museum, 2018
  14. Excellent Backbone Teacher, Innovation Project of JiangSu Province, 2018
  15. 333 High-level Talents Cultivation Program Participant in Jiangsu Province, 2022
  16. 1st Youth Critics Outstanding Talent in Jiangsu Province, 2022
  17. Youth Leading Talent Cultivation Program Candidate, Nanjing Normal University, 2017
  18. Mid-to-Young Age Leading Talent and Outstanding Young Talent, Nanjing Normal University, 2020

 

V.Professional Affiliation

Specially invited researcher, the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature

Director, Chinese New Literature Society

Director, Jiangsu Critics Association

The Third Standing Committee Member, Youth Committee of Jiangsu Overseas Chinese Federation

Deputy Director, Contemporary Children’s Literature Creation and Research Center

 

Email: 03328@njnu.edu.cn