The Institute of Foreign Literature focuses on such areas of research as English literature, African literature, African literature, French literature, Japanese literature, German literature, comparative literary studies, literary theory, cultural studies, and literary translation, etc., and closely aligns with the forefront of foreign literary studies and teaching, Sino-foreign comparative literary studies, and inter-cultural studies. The research team has made achievements in these fields and shows great potential for sustainable development.The faculty members have led multiple national social science funding projects, Ministry of Education humanities and social science funding projects, and provincial projects, as well as participated as key members in significant national social science funding projects and other projects. They have published a considerable number of monographs, literary and academic translations, anthologies, and poetry collections; and have published dozens of academic papers in in significant academic journals both domestically and internationally. They have also led and participated in various course projects and teaching research programs.
The Institute integrates resources and strengths of disciplines, explores new directions for multi-lingual literary research and teaching. It insists on promoting a research institution with its own characteristics and research standards by conducting academic exchange activities and multi-dimensional academic cooperation.
Faculty members:
Dr. LI Beilei，Associate Professor, research areas: African & African literatures and cultures; American literature; literary theories
Dr. YU Haipeng, Associate Professor, research areas: Japanese literature, Sino-Japanese Comparative Literature
Dr. LI Ting,Associate Professor, research areas: French Sinology, literatures of the French Classical Period
ZHAO Wanqin, Associate Professor, research areas: second language acquisition, English literature
Dr. CHEN Jun, Lecturer, research areas: English literature, poetics, lyrical poetry
Dr. WANG Yue, Lecturer, research areas: 19th century British novels, narratology, poetry
Dr. WANG Yaping, Lecturer, research areas: African American literature, law and literature
Dr. WU Hanlai, Lecturer, research areas: cultural exchanges between China and West, relationship between literature and new media
Dr. CHU Ge, Lecturer, research areas: French literature, comparative literature
Dr. XUE Yutong, Lecturer, research area: comparative literature
Dr. NI Lefei, Lecturer, research area: modern and contemporary Japanese literature
Dr. LI Qunxing, Lecturer, research areas: history & culture of French-speaking Countries, cultural history
Dr. XIAO Mengzhe, Lecturer, research area: French literature
LOU Yuping, Lecturer, Ph.D Candidate, research areas: comparative Literature, world literature
XU Peixin, Lecturer, research areas: translation studies, English education, second language acquisition
XU Xiaping, Lecturer, research area: German literature
NIE Yonghua, Lecturer, research areas: translation studies, Anglo-American literature