Professor Gao Hongxia,

Research Interests: American Literature and culture, William Faulkner and American Southern Renaissance, comparative literature

Contact Information: gaohongx@lzu.edu.cn

 

Professor Gao Hongxia, received her MA in 1998, a visiting scholar at Cornell University in 2012, and a supervisor for candidates of master degree majoring in English Language and Literature. Her research interests are American Literature and culture, comparative literature. She has published two books, A Thematic Study of the Contemporary American South Literature (2019) and 20^th-Century American South Literature (2010), and more than twenty articles on American Literature and the studies of William Faulkner in journals such as Social Science Abroad, Journal of Lanzhou University, Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages, World Literature Criticism and Gansu Social Sciences. She has presided over several scientific research projects, including the National Program for Philosophy and Social Science, Ministry of Education Project for Humanities and Social Science, Gansu Social Science Planning Project, National Major Projects of Basic Research Fund of Lanzhou University, and has participated in Key Project of the National Social Science Fund. She obtained the third prize of the ninth “Outstanding Achievements on Social Science of Gansu Province”, “Teaching Achievement Award by Gansu Education Department”, and “Teaching and Dedication Award” of the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Academic Achievements:

1. Scientific Research Projects
   1. Since 2017, has participated in the Key Project titled as “Sino- Foreign Interexchange of the Aesthetic Cultures on the Silk Road”, funded National Social Science Fund.
   2.  In 2016, presided over The Constructive Project of a Creative Teaching Research Team from the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, which is known as “Teaching, Research Innovation and Practice of British and American Literatures.”
   3. In 2012, presided over the National Project for Philosophy and Social Science titled as “A Comparative Study between William Faulkner’s Clan Narratives and China’s Family Novels in the New Period.” [12BWW009]
   4. In 2011, presided over the project titled as “A Study on the American Southern Renaissance,” funded by the National Major Projects of Basic Research Fund of Lanzhou University.
   5. In 2010, presided the project titled as “A Study of the Themes of Contemporary American South Literature”, funded by Ministry of Education for Humanities and Social Science. [10YJA752008]
   6. In 2009, presided over the creative exploration project titled as “A Study of the Themes of 20th-Century American South Literature,” funded by the National Major Projects of Basic Research Fund of Lanzhou University. [09LZUJBWZY047]
   7. In 2007, presided over the project “William Faulkner’s Clan Narratives and Its Transmutation in China”, supported by Lanzhou University Disciplinary Constructive Fund for Humanities and Social Science.
   8. In 2008, presided over the Gansu Province Project for Social Science titled as “A Comparative Study Motifs between Faulkner’s Clan Narratives and China’s Family Novels in the New Period.”

2. Awards & Honors:

2.1 The third prize of the ninth “Outstanding Achievements on Social Science of Gansu Province” for the article of “New Historicism and Hermeneutics” in 2005. ( the second author)

2.2 “Teaching and Dedication Award” of the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures in 2010.

2.3 “The Teaching Achievement Award of Gansu Education Department” for the project of “Cultural Education and the Reform of English Teaching for Graduates of Science” in 2003. ( the leader of the research team)

 

Representative Publications:

1. Articles

1.1 “A Poetic Reading of Ledger Narration in Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses.” International Journal of Humanities Studies. 2019.9, No.3, 1/2.

1.2 “Influence of Faulkner’s ‘Home Complex’ on China’s Clan Narratives in New Period.” Gansu Social Sciences. 2012.1, 1/1. (CSSCI)

1.3 “The Rupture and Continuation of the Themes of American Southern Renaissance Literature in Postmodern Era.” Qinghai Social Sciences. 2012.1, 1/1. (CSSCI)

1.4 “The Historicity and Poetics of Faulkner’s Ledger Narration.” Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages. 2014.2, 1/1. (CSSCI Expanded)

1.5 “The Contradictory Motifs in Faulkner’s Clan Narratives.” Journal of Lanzhou University (Social Sciences). 2010.6, 1/1.Vol.39, No.1.(CSSCI)

1.6 “Faulkner’s Clan Narrative and Its Transmutation in China New Period.” Journal of Lanzhou University (Social Sciences). 2008.6, 1/1. (CSSCI)

1.7 “Subversion and Containment of Colonial Discourse in Heart of Darkness.” Journal of Ningxia University (Humanities & Social Sciences Edition). 2006.5, 1/1. (CSSCI)

1.8 “A Study of the Mode of Christian Mythology in William Faulkner’s Works.” Journal of Ningxia University (Humanities & Social Sciences Edition). 2003.1，1/1. (CSSCI)

1.9 “On the Motif of ‘Patriarchy Worship and Interrogation’ in Faulkner’s Family Novels.” World Literature Criticism. 2010.2, 1/1. (CSSCI Expanded)

1.10 “The Clan Narrative of Absalom, Absalom! and Thunder Storm.” Journal of Tianshui Normal University. 2009.1, 1/1.

1.11 “A Perspective on Western Nationalist Ideology.” Social Sciences Abroad. 2012.5, 2/2. (CSSCI)

1.12 “New Historicism and Hermeneutics.” Journal of Lanzhou University. 2004.1, 2/2. (The article was printed in full by the Remin University of China printed journals, selected partially by Xinhua Digest and China Academic Almanac.)

1.13 “The Anecdotalism of New Historicism: a Touch of the Real and Counterhistories.” Journal of Lanzhou University. 2002.2, 2/2. (CSSCI)

1.14 “A Narratological Reading of William Faulkner’s Novels of Stream of Consciousness.” Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities (Philosophy and Social Science). 2009.5, 2/2.

1.15 “Analysis on Metaphors in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson Mccullers.” Journal of Tianshui Normal University. 2010.1, 2/2.

1.16 “Narrative Features of Thomas Wolfe’s Works.” Journal of Dalian Maritime University (Social Science Edition). 2013.2, 2/2.

1.17 “An Analysis on People and Society in You Can’t Go Home Again from the Perspective of Fromm’s Sociological Theories.” Journal of Taiyuan University of Technology (Social Sciences Edition). 2012.2, 2/2.

1.18 “A Review on Thomas Wolfe and His Novels.” Journal of Taiyuan University of Technology (Social Sciences Edition). 2012.6, 2/2.

 

2. Monographs

2.1 A Thematic Study of the Contemporary American South Literature. Beijing: Intellectual Property Publishing House. 2019. ( the sole author)

2.2 20^th-Century American South Literature. Lanzhou: Lanzhou University Press. 2010. ( the sole author)

Teaching

English Novels (for undergraduate major in English language and literature)

A History of American Literature (for graduates of English language and literature)

Critical Approaches to Literature (for graduates of English language and literature)

Academic Paper Writing for Graduates (for non-English major graduates)

College English (for non-English major graduates and undergraduates)

Medical English (for graduates of medicine)