Xia Guangwu, Ph.D. Vice Professor. Tel: 15960201929 E-mail: bigkeith@163.com |
Education
1985, B.A., Shih Hsin University in Taipei;
1991, M.L.A., Oklahoma City University, USA;
2006, Ph.D., East China Normal University, China.
Professional Experience
(Taipei) Specialist, Dept. of Information, Taipei City Government.
(Taipei) Lecturer, Shih Chien University, Taipei City.
(Hong Kong/Taipei) Senior Editor, Reader’s Digest, Asian Headquarters, Hong Kong/Taipei
(Xiamen)Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Xiamen University.
Research Area
American Eco-literature and Eco-criticism
Chinese-American Diasporic Literature
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Course:Ancient Western Literature,Modern Western Literature,Comparative Literature, Freshman Chinese etc.
Post-graduate Course:Contemporary American Literature Studies, Post-graduate English
International Master’s Course:Ancient Chinese Literature(English lectures),SelectedIssueson China (Chinese-culture part, English lectures)
Selected Publications
The Problem of Local Perspective in Foreign Literature—The Influence Research on Saul Bellow as an Example, Foreign Literature Review, No.4, pp. 129-135, Dec. 2004.
“Hesse Boom”in US, Foreign Literature Review, No.3. pp.84-92, Aug. 2005.
A Study on Taiwan’s Ecological Aesthetics, Journal of Xiamen University (Arts& Social Science), No.1, pp.71-76, Jan. 2008.
An Interpretation on Alice Walker’s Her Blue Body Everything We Know– An Ecocriticism Perspective, Journal of Poyang Lake,No.6, pp.41-47, Nov. 2010.
An Analysis of Taiwan’s Ecoliterature, Journal of Chinese Studies, Xiamen University, No.1, pp.182-189, Oct. 2014.
American Ecoliterature, Shanghai: Xue Lin Publishing Co., 2009.