Modern Chinese literature, comparative literature, gender and representation in literature, the poetics of exile.

 

My current research focuses on the exillic poetics of two Chinese poets Yang Lian and Gu Cheng who became exiled to New Zealand after 4 June 1989. This work forms part of a major research project under the auspices of the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (nzepc) “Transforming the Canon of New Zealand Poetry”. I am a contributing editor and board member of the nzepc. See www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/yang

A second long-term project is a comparative study of male representations of the feminine in fiction and drama and the way this intersects with discourses of nationalism and modernity in emerging nations. My Comparative Literature course COMPLIT 702 Representations of the feminine in fiction and drama by men derives from this research.
 

Dr Hilary Chung's Research

Stella Yu Chu Chao, "The February 28 Incident in Fiction from a Postcolonial perspective". (Co-supervisor Paul Clark, Asian Studies).

Jocelyn Chambers, "A feminist analysis of the public/private writings of Lu Yin, Shi Pingmei and Lu Jingqing in 'The Wild Rose Weekly'". (Co-supervisor Bernadette Luciano, Italian).

Jung Hsuan Chen, "Out of exile: women’s creative journeys into and out of Taiwan and New Zealand". (Co-supervisor Michael Hanne, Comparative Literature).

Mei-hui Sun, "Marriage motifs in the short stories of Zhang Ai-ling and Katherine Mansfield: a feminist reading". (Co-supervisor Michael Hanne, Comparative Literature).
 

Dr Hilary Chung's Postgraduate Supervision

Hilary Chung, “Ghosts in the City: The Auckland Exile of Yang Lian and Gu Cheng”, ka mate ka ora: a New Zealand journal of poetry and poetics, volume 11, 5-26. 2012.

Hilary Chung and Jacob Edmond (eds. and translation), Yang Lian : Unreal City A Chinese Poet in Auckland. 2006, Auckland: Auckland University Press.

Dr Hilary Chung's Recent Publications

Dr Hilary Chung's Teaching