Personal Information
1.Name: Xianyun Tang
2.Education:
PHD, Beijing Foreign Studies University, German literature, 2014.
M.A. Sichuan International Studies University, German literature, 2009
B.A, Sichuan International Studies University, German language and literature, 2006
3.Academic Rank: Associate Professor
4.Category: Tutor for M.A.
5.Affiliation(s): School of Foreign Languages.
6.Areas of Expertise & Research Interests: German literature, German culturology, Themes of technology and machines, and philosophy of technology in German literature
7.Contact:
Email: tangxianyun26@163.com
Tel(O)：13688300757
8.Language(s): Chinese, German and English
9.Publications:
Monographs & Compilations:
2019, Monograph, "Human and Machine: A Study on the Theme of Technologies and Machines in German Literature"
Academic Papers (published at home and abroad) and investigation reports (state and provincial level):
1. “The research on the relationship between human and technology in Hauptmann’s novella Bahnwärter Thiel”, in: “Foreign literature”, 2017 (3).
2. “The automat characters in Hoffmann’s Fiction”, in: “Humanities studies in German”, 2017 (2).
3. “Rethinking of Enlightenment - The critique of instrumental rationality in Frisch's novel Homo faber”, in: “German Studies”, 2017.
4. “machine”, in: “Humanities studies in German”, 2014 (2).
5. “Observation and Memories - Analyze Identity problem in Rilke’s Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge”, in: “Foreign literature”, 2013 (6).
6. “Passive Bodies and City Space Experience - On the Relation between Bodies and Machines in Kafka's Der Verschollene”, in: “Humanities studies in German”, 2013 (2).
10.Research Projects (state and provincial level):
1. National Social Science Foundation project, German literature in the technological age and research on the subject of technology and machines in German literature (national level)
2. University-level general project, the Central University Basic Scientific Research Operating Fund Special research project "The Influence of Technology and Machine on Human in German Literature" (university-level)