The Individual and the Collective; Chinese Cinema and Its Contemporary Discourse; Lu Xun, Science Fiction and the Real World

 Modern Chinese Literature, Comparative Literature, Film History, General Education

2007–2012: Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature, Department of Chinese Literature, Tsinghua University

2023–Present: Associate Professor, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), Tsinghua University

2018–2022: Lecturer, TCWC, Tsinghua University

2012–2018: Central Research Institute of Culture and History

Academic Research

Zhang Fen. A Wanderer in the Russian Spiritual World: Leskov and His Language. Reading, Issue 9, 2010, pp. 96–104.

Zhang Fen. Lu Xun’s Translation of Dead Souls and the Satire in Old Tales Retold. Modern Chinese Literature Studies, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 173–188.

Zhang Fen. “Until He Sees God in Himself”: Tang Legends, Little Johannes, and the Genesis of Forging the Swords. Modern Chinese Literature Journal, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 58–64.

Zhang Fen. “Extremely Natural and Necessary Exaggeration”: The Translation of The Liberated Don Quixote and Gathering of Ferns. Lu Xun Research Monthly, Issue 12, 2012, pp. 48–57. (Reprinted in Renmin University Reprint Materials – Foreign Literature Studies, J4, Issue 6, 2013.)

Zhang Fen. From “Anarchist” Literature to the Translation of Soviet Leftist Fiction: With a Discussion on the Creation of Old Tales Retold. Modern Chinese Literature (Taiwan), Issue 25, 2014, pp. 73–103.

Zhang Fen. The Similarity of the Other: A Re-evaluation of Zhang Zhaoyi’s Lu Xun: “Mild Nietzsche”. Chinese Language and Literature Studies, Issue 3, 2015, pp. 137–141.

Zhang Fen. Outdated Pain and Ineffective Form: On the Image of Lu Xun in the Play Mr. Da. Literary Gazette, April 21, 2016. (Received the 5th New Criticism Newcomer Award of Literary Gazette.)

Zhang Fen. From An Exposition of Qiwulunshi to Old Tales Retold: A Brief Discussion on the Relationship Between Zhang Taiyan, Lu Xun, and Pre-Qin Philosophers (Part I). Journal of Hebei Normal University for Nationalities, Issue 4, 2017, pp. 75–84.

Zhang Fen. From An Exposition of Qiwulunshi to Old Tales Retold: A Brief Discussion on the Relationship Between Zhang Taiyan, Lu Xun, and Pre-Qin Philosophers (Part II). Journal of Hebei Normal University for Nationalities, Issue 5, 2017, pp. 25–33.

Zhang Fen. From “Climbing the Southern Peak of Hangzhou” to “Late Osmanthus”: A Case Study of the Relationship Between Yu Dafu’s Classical Poetry and Fiction Creation. Studies of Chinese Poetry, Vol. 3, 2018, pp. 141–157. Shanghai: Oriental Publishing Center.

Zhang Fen. Lu Xun’s Translation of Chekhov and Beyond. Li Yun Academic Journal, Issue 2, 2019, pp. 248–263.

Zhang Fen. Gaining Self-Esteem from “Humility”: On George Steiner’s Literary Criticism. Chinese Literary Criticism, Issue 3, 2019, pp. 17–26.

Zhang Fen. Tsinghua Writing Courses under a General Education Perspective. General Education Review, Issue 9, 2021, pp. 107–116.

Zhang Fen. The Implications of Rancière’s Educational Thought for General Education. Zhengzhou Normal Education, Issue 4, 2021, pp. 11–14.

Zhang Fen. A Reexamination of “Culture and Life”. Literary Gazette, October 18, 2021.

Zhang Fen, Qiu Aodong. From Peasant Life in China to Cocoon: The Social and Cultural Reflections and Literary Value of Fei Xiaotong’s Fiction. Modern Chinese Literature Studies, Issue 2, 2022, pp. 152–168.