Profile of Associate Professor Chen Wengang

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    ​Name: Chen Wengang

    ​Title: Associate Professor

    ​Office Phone: +8679183843276

    ​Email: chenweize0102@163.com

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1. Introduction

Basic Information:

Chen Wengang, male, was born in October 1974. He earned a PhD in Aesthetics from Zhejiang University and currently works as an associate professor and master supervisor at the School of Humanities, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.        

Research Directions: Art Philosophy, Media Criticism and Ceramic Culture in Jingdezhen              

Education Experience:

2003-2006 PhD in Aesthetics, Zhejiang University, P.R. China (full government scholarship)

                  Major Fields: Aesthetics of Literature and Art 

                  PhD Thesis Title –The Study of Susan Sontag’s Critical Theory 

2000-2003   MA in Literature Theories, Jiangxi Normal University, P.R. China (full government scholarship)

Work Experience:                                                                                  

Associate Dean                                        March 2019-Present

Associate Professor                                  July 2010-Present

Lecturer                                                    July 2006-2010

School of Humanities, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics 

Visiting Scholar                                     July 2013-August 2014

Australia

2. Teaching Experience

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate: Basic Writing, Comparative Journalism, News Interpretation, Western Literary Theory, Art Aesthetics, History of World Culture and Art, Comparison of Chinese and Western Culture

Postgraduate: Radio and TV Art Theory, Literary Aesthetics, Music Aesthetics, Intensive Reading of Classics of Art Philosophy, Art Theory

3. Research Achievements

Projects:

1. Research Assistant to Project Director Prof. Fu Shouxiang, “Research on Cultural Justice and Improvement of Cultural Quality in the Era of Consumption”. Granted by the Ministry of Education, China (2015-2018).

2. Research Project Director, “Susan Sontag and Cultural Radicalism in the Sixties of America”. Granted by the National Social Science Foundation of China (2012-2015).

3. Research Assistant to Project Director Zhou Mingjuan, “Transformation of Modern Society and Nostalgia of Chinese Literature”. Granted by the National Social Science Foundation of China (2011-2014).

4. Research Project Director, “Poetics of New Sensibility of Susan Sontag”. Granted by the Ministry of Education, China (2010-2013).

5. Research Project Director, “On Aesthetics and Justice in the Age of Entertainment and Technology”. Granted by Jiangxi Social Science Foundation (2010-2013).

6. Research Project Director, “Literary Thought of Susan Sontag”. Granted by Jiangxi Social Science Foundation (2006-2008).

7. Research Assistant to Project Director Professor Fu Shouxiang, “Aesthetical Imagination and Philosophical Criticism of Mass Culture in the Age of Consumption”. Granted by the National Social Science Foundation of China (2006-2007).

Papers: 

1. Tactile Experience and 3 Dimensions of Film: On Touchability of Image on Media, Journal of Lanzhou, No.3, pp.49-54 (Apr. 2012).

2. On Eroticism of Art of Susan Sontag, Journal of Jianghan University (Humanities and Social Science Edition), No.2, pp.42-46 (Apr. 2010).

3. On Art Ethics of Susan Sontag, Journal of Harbin University, No.6, pp.63-68 (Jun. 2010).

4. Formalism of Susan Sontag and Russian Formalism, Journal of Hunan University of Technology (Social Science Edition), No.1, pp.33-37(Feb. 2010).

5. On Susan Sontag’s “Stylization”, Journal of Anhui Radio & TV University, No.1, pp.92-96(Mar. 2010).

6. On Susan Sontag’s Theory of Style, Journal of Hainan University (Humanities & Social Science Edition), No. 5, pp. 578-582 (Oct.2008).

7. The Adventure of Fiction and Fantasy of Narrative Technology: On the Benefactor by Susan Sontag, Foreign Literature Studies, No.3, pp.70-78 (Jun. 2008). 

8. Present State and Prospect for Future: A Study of the Aesthetics of Susan Sontag, Journal of Chengdu University (Educational Science Edition), No.8, pp.118-123 (Aug. 2008).

9. The Benefactor and Le Nouveau Roman, Journal of Hunan University of Technology (Social Science Edition), No.2, pp.15-18 (Apr. 2008).

10. An Interpretation of “Against Interpretation”, Journal of Ningbo University (Liberal Arts Edition), No.5, pp.78-83(Sept. 2006).

11. Clean or Dirty: Comment on Water of Dark Blue Wave, Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University (Social Science Edition), No.2, pp.15-19 (Apr. 2006).

12. Literature as Consciousness of Existence: Comment on Mein Leben, China Book Review, No.1, pp. 39-41 (Jan. 2006).

13. Speaking, Thinking and Behaving as Others, China Book Review, No. 4, pp. 39-40 (Apr. 2005).

14. On Aesthetics Weariness, Journal of Hubei Institute for Nationalities (Philosophy and Social Science Edition), No.5, pp.32-36(Dec. 2005).

15. On Buffoonery, Journal of the University of Petroleum (Social Science Edition), No.5, pp.82-86(Jun. 2004).

Books Published (in Chinese):

2008, Chen Wengang, Poetics of New Sensibility: The Study on Susan Sontag’s Critical Theory, Jiangxi People’s Publishing House.

Conference Papers (in Chinese):

On Songci (one kind of poem in the Song Dynasty) from the Angle of Modern Context, presented at the international conference of Songci, organized by Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China (Aug. 2006).