English Language&Literature

To promote academic exchanges among postgraduates, broaden their academic horizons, and create a good academic atmosphere, the School of Foreign Languages held the Salon of the 17th Graduate Academic Activity Month in the afternoon of December 1st at the West Building. This activity, relying on our school’s professional settings, consisted of five groups: literature, linguistics, translation, area studies, and Japanese. It invited ten professional supervisors to participate. Nearly a hundred graduate students enrolled in 2022 and 2023 attended.

The literature group, chaired by Associate Professor Xu Lin and Teacher Zhang Ya, focused on the theme of literary research and civilizational exchange. They had in-depth discussions on interdisciplinary perspectives on foreign literary studies, the relationship between literature and reality, as well as cultural exchanges and civilizational interactions between Chinese and foreign literature.

The linguistics group, led by Associate Professors Li Mi and Zhang Liyin, focused on the theme of research methods in linguistics and teaching methods. They discussed topics such as research methods in linguistics, current trends and prospects in academic English research both domestically and internationally, pragmatic identity construction, and English curriculum design and teaching methods.

The translation group, led by Professor Li Jianli and Associate Professor He Hua, focused on current hot topics in translation studies. They discussed issues such as subtitle translation, translation of economic works, English translation of the cultural heritage of the imperial mausoleums in Shaanxi, and the external translation and dissemination of traditional Chinese culture.

The group of area studies, chaired by Professor Tian Jin and Professor Li Tie, focused on the theme of language and countries. They discussed topics such as language education for international students in China, factors influencing national language policy formulation, and language security issues in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Japanese group, chaired by Associate Professor Xu Lu and Associate Professor Zhang Ziru, focused on the theme of Language, Culture, and Interdisciplinarity. They discussed topics such as advanced research retrieval in Japan, trends in linguistic research, Japan studies from a regional perspective, cross-cultural communication and dissemination between China and Japan, as well as translation and cross-cultural communication.

The Graduate Academic Salon combined research hotspots with student interest, broke through the constraints of grades and majors, provided a platform for extensive communication, showcased talents, explored potential and self-transcendence for graduate students. In the future, the school will continue to enrich the activity platforms, take multiple measures to carry out academic activities, and continuously promote the quality of graduate education to new heights.