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Liu, Hongtao    |    China
Basic information
School of Chinese Language and Literature
Beijing Normal University
No.19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875
Tel: +86 10 62206305; 13466531702
E-mail: htliu@bnu.edu.cn

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 1995.
M.A. in World Literature, Nankai University, Tianjin, 1989.
B.A. in Department of Chinese Literature and Language, Henan University, Kaifeng, 1984.
Visiting Scholar, Department of English, University of Cambridge, UK, 2004-2005.
Visiting Scholar, University of Trento, Italy, January–April 2001.
Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education, January –June, 1999.

TEACHING/ADMINISTRATION
Professor, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, 2007- present
Director, the Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, Beijing Normal University, 2012- present
Deputy Editor in Chief, Chinese Literature Today, 2010- present
Editor in Chief, Chinese Edition of World Literature Today, 2009- present
Vice Dean, School of Chinese Language and Literature, BNU, 2006-2010
Associate Professor, Department/School of Chinese Language and Literature, BNU,
1997-2007
Lecturer, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, BNU, 1995-1997

ACADEMIC APPOINTEMENTS
Executive Member of the Council, Chinese Comparative Literature Association, 2014- present
Executive Member of the Council, Committee of Foreign Literature Teaching, China Association of Higher Education, 2013- present
Juror of Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, 2009
Member of International Comparative Literature Association, 1997- present

RESEARCH FIELDS
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
Chinese Literature Overseas Communication
Theories of World Literature
Comparative Literature among China, Britain and America.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
Lecture for graduate and undergraduate students majoring in comparative literature and world literature,
Supervise graduate students in studies of Chinese literature and Anglo-American Literature
Design and implement courses in comparative literature and world literature including:
Outline of Comparative Literature.
Modern and Contemporary Anglo-American Literature.
History of Western Literature.
Comparative Studies of Sino-British Modern Literature.

PROJECTS
“Studies on Theories of Comparative Literature and World Literature In the Era of Globalization”, a major project of Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, 2014
“Appreciation of Western Literature Masterpieces”, Excellent video open Courses, Ministry of Education, 2012
“Chinese Literature Overseas Communication”, NOCFL Project, 2009
“Selected Readings In Foreign Literature”, National Quality Courses, Ministry of Education, 2009
“The Road Leading to China--Studies on Chinese Influences on British Modern Literature”, Scientific Research Fund Project for Returning Overseas Students, Ministry of Education, 2007-2009

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Books
From National Literature to World Literature[Monograph], Fudan University Press, 2014
Sourcebook of Chinese Literary Studies in North America in the New Millennium, 2001-2003[co-editor-in-chief], China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2012.
Theories of World Literature: A Reader[co-editor-in-chief], Peiking University Press, 2013.
Sourcebook of Chinese Literary Studies in North America in the New Millennium, 2004-2006 [co-editor-in-chief], China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2014.
Xu Zhimo and Cambridge University[Monograph], Nanning: The Commercial Press, 2011
Modern Chinese Literature and Its Global Vision[Monograph], Showwe Information Co., Ltd, Taiwan, 2010.
The Wasteland and Its Rescue: D. H. Lawrenc’s Fiction in the Context of Modernism[Monograph], China Social Sciences Press, 2007.(This book was published by Taiwan Xiuwei Press in unsimplified Chinese in 2007, titled The Fiction of D. H. Lawrence and the Cultural Politics of Modernism)
Research Materials of Shen Congwen(2 volumes, chief-editor). Tianjin People Press, 2006, 6.
A New Interpretation of Shen Congwen’s Fictions[Monograph]. Beijing Normal University Press, 2005.
A Comparative History of World Literature (first author of the second volume). Jiangxi Education Press, 2004.
Readings in Foreign Literature(editor-in-chief), China Renmin University Press, 2004,3.
Border Town: Pastoral and the Image of China [Monograph], Guangxi Education Press, 2003.
Hunan Native Literature and Xiang-Chu Culture[Monograph]. Hunan Education Press, 1997.
Collected Critical Essays on Shen Congwen(collected and edited), Zhuhai Press, 1998.

Translations
A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Rye Field Publications, 2007.
What Good Are the Arts? by John Garey, Yilin Press, 2007.
Dark Princess, by William Du Bois, China Foreign Translation Publishing Company, 1998.

Articles
“The Longman Anthology of World Literature and the Theory and Practice of the World Literature in the Time of Globalization”, Comparative Literature in China. No. 3. 2014
“Comments on Hot Issues of World Literary Theory in the Era of Globalization”, Journal of Tsinghua University, No. 6, 2014
“The Application of Primitivism to Western Modernist Literature and Its Related Problems: Based on D. H. Lawrence’s Novels”,
Nankai Journal(Philosophy,Literature and Social Science Edition), No. 3, 2014
“A Scrutiny and Analysis on the Research of D. H. Lawrence in 60 Years since the Foundation of the PRC”, Journal of Hunan University, No.4, 2013
“Transmutation of Conceptions in World Literature and its Significance in China”  Comparative Literature in China, No. 4, 2012
Foreign Literature Education in China’s Secondary Schools from 1919-1949
    Cynthia B. Leung & Jiening Ruan, ed. Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Chinese Literacy in China. New York & London: Springer, 2012.
“Chinese Literature in American Middle and High School World Literature Textbooks: Text Selections and Pedagogical Practices”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 4, 2011
“Two Practices of the Concept of World Literature in China in 1950s-60s”, Comparative Literature in China, No. 3, 2010
Mo Yan’s Fiction and the Chinese Nativist Literary Tradition, World Literature Today,   May–June 2009
An Introduction to British Historical Novel in19th Century, Journal of Hunan  University, No. 1, 2009
Chinese Literature Studies in World Literature Today, Foreign Literature Studies, No. 5, 2009
“The Many Possibilities of World Literature: An Interview with Editor in Chief of WLT.” Recent Developmentsof Foreign Literatures, No. 3, 2008.
“Prof. Qian Gurong and Foreign Literature.” Modern Chinese Literature Studies, No. 6, 2008.
“Creative Treason in Lin Shu's Translation of Joan Haste.” Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 3, 2008.
“Studies on Xu Zhimo's Poems in Cambridge University.” Journal of Hunan University, No. 2, 2008.
“The Many Possiblities of Comparative Literature.” Correspondence of Comparative Literature, No. 2, 2007.
“The Nature of Story in Shen Congwen’s Fictions and its Significance in the History of Modern Literature”. Journal of Zhengzhou University, No. 4, 2006.
“D. H. Lawrence and His Irrationalism.” Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 3, 2006.
“The Finding and Value of Xu Zhimo's Letters in English to Ogden.” Qilu Journal, No. 3, 2006.
“Brief view of Xu Zhimo and Cambridge University.” Historical Materials of New Literature, No. 2, 2006.
“The Friendship between Hsu Chih-mo(Xu Zhimo) and Russell and Its Impact.” Journal of Zhejiang University, No. 6, 2006.
“Xu Zhimo's Associations in Cambridge University and Their Meaning in the Communications between Chinese and British Modern Literature.” Modern Chinese Literature Studies, No. 6, 2006.
“Kurt Vonnegut: A Man without Nationality?” Journal of Chuxiong Normal University, No. 11, 2006.
“The Six English Letters by Hsu Tsemou to Ogden.” Historical Materials of New Literature, No. 4, 2005.
“Relation of Chinese Literature with World Literature: Principles in Compiling History of World Literature.” Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 3, 2004.
“A Revaluation of Shen Congwen's Fictions:With a Review of Shen Congwen Studies in the Past 80 Years”. Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 3, 2005.
“The Composition of World Literature History and Chinese View of World Literature” Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 3, 2004
“Shen Congwen and Zhang Zhaohe.” Historical Materials of New Literature, No. 4, 2003.
“Four Kinds of Understanding of Ibsen’s House of the Doll in China”, Journal of Zhanjiang Normal College, No. 4, 2003
“Time in Shen Congwen’s Novels”, Journal of Hainan Normal College, No. 3, 2003
“Shen Congwen: Identity of Nationality and Identification of Nation”, Journal of Chuxiong Normal College, No.1, 2003
“World Literature: Discipline Integration and History Responsibility”, Foreign Literature Studies, No. 2, 2003
“Literate Relationship or World Literature?---Some Ideas on the Definition of Comparative Literature ”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 2, 2003
“Configuration Analysis of Foreign Literature Works in Modern Chinese Textbooks in Middle School”, Modern Chinese Literature Studies, No. 3, 2003
“Border Town: Pastoral and the Image of China.” Literary Review, No. 1, 2002
“Foreign Literature Issues in Middle School Chinese Textbook”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.1, 2001
“American Image in D. H. Lawrence’s works”, Foreign Literature Review, No. 1, 2001.
“Temporal Patterns in Shen Congwen's Fictions”, Journal of Hainan Normal University, 2001(2).
“Imagologie”, see Outline of Comparative Literature, Beijing Normal University Press, 2000
“Pastoral Illumination of Border Town.” Modern Chinese Literature Studies, No. 1, 2001.
“Regional Culture and Native Literature: the Case of native Literature in Hunan”, Comparative Literature in China , No.1, 1999
“Comments on Imagology of Comparative Literature”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 3, 1999.
“Regional Culture and Local Literature”, Comparative Literature in China, No. 1,1999.
“Reflections on Imagologie in Comparative Literature”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No.3,1999
“The People and Sexuality of Post-Modernism”, Works and Opinions, No. 3, 1997.
“Zhou Libo: Folk Culture and Mainstream Ideology.” Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, No. 3, 1997.
“The Charaters Drifting into Mystery”, Works and Opinions, No. 4, 1997. (signed by the name Tao Hong )
“Eugene O’Neill, a Modern Playwright of Psychological Drama”, collected in Eugene O’Neill, A Collection of Critical Essays, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1997.
“Interview with Zhang Zhaohe about Shen Congwen”, Journal of Jishou University, No. 1, 1997.
“The Image and Background of Miao Nationality in Shen Congwen’s Novels ---A Case of Comparative Literature Study”, Journal of Beijing Normal University , No. 4, 1996.
“Shen Congwen in Shanghai: An Observation of the Complicated Relationship between Literature and City.” Shanghai Culture, No. 5, 1995.
“Shen Congwen and the Reformation of the Genre of Modern Chinese Fiction.” Literary Review, No. 2, 1995.
“Shen Congwen and Symbolism.” Journal of Jishou University, No. 3, 1995.
“The Opera Image in Zhang Ailing’s Novels”, The Hong Kong Literature, No. 8, 1994.
“Shen Congwen's Multiple Interpretation and Deconstruction to the Culture of Miao”,  21st Century(Hongkong), No. 10, 1994.
“The Analysis of New Sensualism ---The Metropolitan Novels of Liu Na’ou and Mu Shiying”, Theoretical Studies in Literature and Arts, No. 6, 1993.
“The Narrative Issue in the Fictions of Chen Cun.” Contemporary Writers Review, No. 2, 1993.
“D. H. Lawrence, a Modern Psychological Novelist”, Journal of Xuchang Teacher’s College, No. 2, 1993.
“The Historical Fate of Lev. Tolstoy in China”, Foreign Literature Studies, No. 2, 1992.
“Self-Saving of the Soul---Study on Eugene O’Neill’s Plays”, Journal of Guiyang Teacher’s College, No. 4, 1992.
“Revelation on the Waste Land --- Thought Traits of D. H. Lawrence”, Journal of Guizhou Nationalities College, No. 2, 1990.
“Introspection on Sexuality ---Ideas on the Description of Sexuality by D. H. Lawrence”, Global Literature, No. 2, 1990.
“Approaching to Mythology ---A Tendency of Literature in 20th Century”, Journal of Henan University, No. 5, 1988.
“Chinese New-era Literature under the Influence of Western Literature.” Foreign Literature Studies, No. 2, 1988.
“Review on Lev. Tolstoy Studies in China”, Foreign Literature Studies, No. 4, 1986.