SHEN Yan
Office: 1215, Songjiang Campus, Shanghai International Studies University
Email: shenyan@shisu.edu.cn
Current Position
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University
Education
2005-2009 Graduate School of Shanghai International Studies University, Ph. D. in English Language and Literature
Research Interest
British Fiction, Modernism and Postmodernism, Literary Theory and Criticism
Overseas Experience
Sept.2010-Mar.2011 Faculty of English Language and Literature, Oxford University, UK, Visiting Scholar
Publications
Selected Papers
The Railway Carriage Scene in Woolf’s Works: Moving from Modernity to Modernism. English and American Literary Studies (Vol. 34). 2021.6.
“Another Ego”: Lawrence’s Aesthetics of Characterization in The Rainbow and Women in Love. English and American Literary Studies (Vol. 27). 2017.12.
William Golding’s Notion of the Novel as “Myth”. Foreign Literature, 2016(1).
Border-Crossing in William Golding’s Rites of Passage. English and American Literary Studies (Vol. 18). 2013.4.
Farce in William Golding’s The Paper Men. Foreign Studies, 2013(4).
William Golding’s Free Fall: A Pilgrimage of Spiritual Discovery. Journal of Zhejiang International Studies University, 2013 (6).
An Interview with John Carey. Foreign Literature, 2011(6).
Parody of the Bible in William Golding’s Darkness Visible. English and American Literary Studies (Vol. 12). 2010. 6.
Creationism and Freedom in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Masterpieces Review, 2010 (2).
A Study of Krapp’s Last Tape and Happy Days. Foreign Literature Review, 2007(3).
Thematic Construction and Deconstruction in “A Very Shorty Story” by Hemingway. Masterpieces Review, 2007 (4).
Narrative Embedding in Krapp’s Last Tape and The Zoo Story. Journal of Zhejiang Normal University (Social Sciences). 2006(5).
The Development of Male Characters in Lawrence’s Novels. English and American Literary Studies (Vol. 5). 2006. 2.
Books
A Study of William Golding’s Novels. Suzhou: Soochow University Press, 2014.
The Comic Mode in William Golding’s Later Novels. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2011.
Selected Chapters
Co-Writer. The Idea of Culture in British Literature: Volume Six—Fission. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2020.
Co-Writer. A History of British Short Story. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2011.
Textbook
Co-Author. A Student’s Guide to Classic English Short Fictions. Beijing & Shanghai: The Commercial Press & Shanghai Foreign Language Audio -Visual Publishing House, 2018.
Research Grants
Jan.2019- . Culture and Criticism: Change and Development in Criticism on British Modernist Fiction. Funded by Shanghai Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science.
Jan.2009-Dec.2012.A Study of William Golding’s Novels. Funded by Shanghai City Board of Education.
Jan.2005-Dec.2008. Stylistics in the Teaching of English Listening Skills. Funded by Shanghai City Board of Education.
Jan.2018-Dec.2019. A Study of Criticism on British Modernist Fiction, Funded by Shanghai International Studies University.
Honors and Awards
Shanghai Yucai Award, 1995