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Curriculum Vitae
Name: Dominic C. Cheung (Chang Ts'o)
Office: Dept. of Comparative Literature or
Dept. of East Asian Languages & Cultures
THH 356
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 900890357, USA
Tel.: (213)740-3708 (O), (909) 861-6518 (home)
Fax: (909) 861-8028
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Rank & Title: Full Professor
Chinese & Comparative Literature
University of Southern California
1986present
Associate Professor
Chinese & Comparative Literature
19801986
Assistant Professor
Chinese & Comparative Literature
19741980
Degrees: Ph.D. (Comparative Literature)
University of Washington, Seattle
1973
M.A. (English)
BrighamYoungUniversity
1969
B.A. (English)
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
1966
Research Experience:
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Poet in Residence, International Writing Program, School of Letters
University of Iowa
19731974
Administrative Experience:
1) Chairman, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Cultures, 1996-2003, 2008-2011.
2) Acting Chair, Dept. of Comparative Literature,198485.
Publications:
I. Books (in English)
Feng Chih: A Critical Study, (Twayne Publishers, Boston, 1979.)
The Isle Full of Noises: Modern Chinese Poetry from Taiwan, (Columbia University Press, New York, 1987.)
Exiles and Native Sons: Modern Short Stories from Taiwan, co-edited with Michelle Yeh, (National Institute for Compilation and Translation, Taipei, l992.)
Drifting, (selected poems, Green Integer Press, Kobenhaven and Los Angeles, 2000)
II. Articles (in English):
Journals:
"New Directions in Contemporary Chinese Poetry," Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, University of Maryland, no. 9, 1977, pp. 5068.
"Carolyn Kizer and Her Chinese Imitations," New Asia Academic Bulletin I, 1978, pp. 7784. Later collected in William Tay, ed. China and the West: Comparative Literature Studies (the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1980).
"Chrysanthemum Tryst" and "Fan Chuch'ing's Eternal Friendship": A Comparative Study of GhostFriendship Tales in China and Japan, Tamkang Review, Vol. VIII, no. 2, 1977, pp. 12132.
"Ars Poetica and the Poetic Experience in EastWest Poetry," Tamkang Review, Vol. X, no. 1 & no. 2, 1979, pp.5766.
"The American Experience in Modern Chinese Poetry," EastWest Cultural Relations (University of Southern California, 1984), pp. 87101.
"Between Aphorism and Poetry: The Asian Figures of W.S. Merwin, The Chinese Text: Studies in Comparative Literature. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986), pp. 8594.
"The 'GhostWife' Theme in China, Japan and Korea: New Tales of the Trimmed lamp, Tales of Moonlight and Rain and New Tales of the Golden Carp" Tamkang Review, Vol. XV, 198485, Taipei, pp. 151174. The article was later collected in Explorations: Essays inComparative Literature, ed. Makoto Ueda, University Press of America, New York, 1986.
"The Twilight Zone: Mist and Clarity in Modern Chinese Poetry," in Haishi Zou Hao:Chinese Poetry, Drama and Literature of the l980s, ed. Josephine Riley and Else Unterrieder, Engelhardt-ng Verlag, Bonn, West Germany, l989.
Translations:
"Modern Chinese Poetry Since 1965," Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, University of Maryland, no. 9, 1977, pp. 6999.
"Poems of Ai Ch'ing, Feng Chih, and Ch'ou Tifan," Literature in the People's Republic of China, ed. Kaiyu Hsu, (Indiana University Press, 1980).
III. Books (in Chinese)
A. Literary Criticism:
1/ Contemporary American Poetry: A New Visage, Universal Press, Taipei, l973, (essays on Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carolyn Kizer, Wallace Stevens, and Robert Lowell,) recipient of the Overseas Literature Award, l973.
2/ Literature, History and Philosophy: A Festschrift in Honorof Vincent Y. C. Shih's Eightieth Birthday, chief editor, China Times, Taipei, l982.
3/ From William Shakespeare to Ueda Akinari, Lienching Press, Taipei, 1989. Critic's Choice, November, December, l989, United Daily News, Taiwan.
4/ Pulsations: Mass and Popular Culture in Taiwan, San Min Bookstore, Taipei, 1995.
5/ A Rendezvous with Literary Criticism, San-Lien Bookstore (Joint Publishers), Shanghai, China, 2000.
6/ Matteo Ricci in China and Other Essays, City University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, 2002.
7/ A Reader's Guide to Literary Terms in Western Literature (New Edition with additional 32 literary terms), Bookman Publisher., 2011.
B. Translations:
Paterson (a full translation of William Carlos Williams' original work, Twilight Press, Taipei, 1978.)
Contemporary Women Poets in America (selected works of Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Levertov, Mary Evans, Carolyn Kizer, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, Diane Wakoski, Erica Jong, and Nikki Giovanni; Twilight Press, Taipei, 1980.)
Aniara and Other Poems, (translation of Harry Martinson's original work, Yuenching Press, Taipei, 1982.)
C. Anthologies:
The Rippling Rhymes: In Memory of the Late Kaiyu Hsu, coed. with Howard Goldblatt, (collected essays, Wide Angle Press, Hong Kong, 1983.)
The Island with a Thousand Tunes: Modern Chinese Poetryfrom Taiwan, (a Chinese version of The Isle Full of Noises, Elite Press, Taipei, l987.)
D. Poetry:
1/Transition (Constellation, Taipei, 1965.)
2/ Death Feelers (Constellation, Taipei, 1967.)
3/ Bird Cries (Creative Press, Taipei, 1970.)
4/ Manuscripts from Los Angeles (Blue Lantern, Taipei 1979.)
5/ Sonnets of Errors (China Times, Taipei, 1984.)
"Remnants from the Floating Hell," an epic over two hundred lines depicting a tragic shipwrecked incident of the Chinese coolies coming to work in the USmother-lode country.
Recipient of the China Times Literature Award, l986, 1st prize in the poetry category.
6/ Double JadePendant Grievances (China Times, Taipei, 1984.) Recipient of the May-Fourth Literature Medal, l987.
7/ Drifters (Elite, Taipei, 1986.)
Recipient (Poetry category) of the National Literature Prize國家文藝獎, l989. The highest recognized and most prestigious literary award in Taiwan, Republic of China.
8/ The Silent Spring Night (Hann Colors, Taipei, 1988.)
9/ Betel Flowers (Wild Geese, Taipei, l990.) Critic's Choice, United Daily News, August, l990. Second edition, Crane Press, 1997.
10/ Wanderings (People’s Literature, Beijing, 1991) Prefaced by Feng Chih.
11/ Vicissitudes (RyeFields, Taipei, 1994.)
12/ Mistake Sonnets & Jade Pendant Grievance in one volume, new edition, (Crown, Taipei, 1994).
13/ Thin Snow (Crown, Taipei, 1996).
14/ Selected Poems of Chang Ts’o (Hungfeng Bookstore, Taipei, 1999)
15/ A Map of Wandering, (Kappa Press, Taipei, 2000)
16/ Another Gaze, (RyeFields, Taipei, 2004)
17/Song of a Flaneur (Bookman Publisher,Taipei, 2004)
18/ A Song of Gaze, (Japanese translations), tr. Tetsuji Ueda, Shishosha, Tokyo, 2006.
19/ On Things (Bookman Publisher, Taipei 2008)
20/ Clovers(Bookman Publisher, 2012)
21/Mountain Dwelling Map (Bookman Publisher, 2013)
Poem “Beauty and Sadness”(Japanese translation, Tetsuji Ueda, translator), Gendaishi Techo monthly,現代詩手帖，no. 8, August, 2006, Tokyo,16-17.
E. Books on Arts and Culture:
1/ From Deserts to Steppes: 33 Mongolian Trousses (Knives with chopsticks), (Tonsan Books, Taipei, 2006).
2/ As Grandiose as the Ru Wares--Essays on Chinese Bronze, Porcelain and Paintings. Taipei: The Artist Publisher, 2008, 191 pages.
3/ A Heart for Porcelain--From Monochrome Wares to Famille Rose.Taipei: The ArtistPublisher, 2010, 191 pages.
4/ Using Style to Authenticate, Taipei: The Artist Publisher, 2012, 239 pages.
5/ Chinoiseri and Its Chinese Counterparts (Taipei: The Artist Publisher, 2014), 191 pages.
6/ Canvas and Pith Papers: China Trade and Chinese School Paintings in 19th Century China (Forthcoming, Taipei: The Artist Publisher )
7/ Bronze Luminescence:Make up, Put on Caps and Gowns---Bronze Mirror Collections from the Present-Past Dwellings ( manuscript in bilingual English-Chinese, forthcoming).
F. Prose:
1/ The Third Season (Free Pacific, Taipei, 1964.)
2/ Selected Works (Twilight, Taipei, 1976.)
3/ From Mucha to Seattle (Youths, Taipei, 1977.)
4/ The Golden Tears: Chinese Miners in the Mother Lode Country ofCalifornia (China Times, Taipei, 1985; 2nd edition, The Joint Publishers, Hong Kong, 1985; 3rd edition, Flowercity Press, Canton, 1986.)
5/ Happy and Sad (Hann Colours, Taipei, 1988.)
6/ A Prayer For My Daughters (Crown, Taipei, 1993).
7/ Telling and Listening to Your Heart(Global, Taipei, 1998)
8/ The News of the Loquats, (Dadi, Taipei, 1998)
9/ Mountain Dwellings, (Kappa Press, 2000).
10/ Quietly Flows the DragonflyRiver(Sanmin Bookstore, 2004)
11/ In Search of Ailing Chang & Other Essays (China Times Publishers,2004)
12/ Searching Chang-an---Ten Cultural Travelogues (Sanmin Bookstore, 2008)
F: Articles (Critical essays in Chinese):
“Fish Fantasy: Dream Metamorphosis of the Carp in China and Japan”, Xuecong, v.2 Journal of Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore, 1990/ pp.117-133. Also in Chung Wai Literary Monthly, vol.23, no.9, February, 1995, Taipei, pp.112-126.
“Karma in the Mundane World: Illustrations from the New Tales of the Trimmed Lamp and Ugetsu Monogatari in China and Japan” Con-temporary, no.102, Taipei, Oct., 1994, pp.92-109.
“Femme Fatales: Women Images of Vengeance and Imprisonment”, vol. 3, Sun Yat- sen Journal of Humanities, College of Liberal Arts, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, 1995, pp.77-96.
“Lyrical Heritage: The Continuity and Transformation of Modern Chinese Poetry in 1980’s Taiwan” in Con-temporary, no. 113, Taipei, Sept. 1995, pp.38-53.
"Continuity and Influences: The Strategic Influx of Christianity in China", Con-temporary, no.129, May, 98, pp.70-81; no.130,Taipei, June, 98, pp.106-115.
"The Death of Matteo Ricci: Eclecticism and Repulsion of East-West Cultures", Con- temporary, no.135, Taipei, November, 98, pp.94-115.
“Analogy to Educate: The Translation of Aesop’s Fables in China”, Con-temporary, no.149, Taipei, January, 2000, pp.110-127.
“True Meanings or Superstitions: A polemics between Matteo Ricci and the Ming Buddhist Monks”, Con-temporary, Taipei, June, 2001, pp.98-117.
“The Structure of Tragic Consciousness in Romance ofThe Three Kingdoms “ , Con- temporary, Taipei, September, 2001, pp.108-121.
“Hare’s Fur, Oil Drops, and Partridge Feathers: The Jian Black-glazed Wares in Song”, Ming Pao Monthly, Hong Kong, March, 2002, pp.68-72.
“Bronze Mirror Handicraft and its Style in the Warring States Period”, Bulletin of The National Museum of History,Taipei, no.106, May, 2002, pp. 30-40.
“From Concentric Circle to TLV: Culture and Artistry in Han Bronze Mirrors”, Ming Pao Monthly, Hong Kong, June, 2002, pp.68-72.
“Green as The Emerald: The Celadon Produced from the Yue to Longquan Kilns”, Bulletin of The National Museum of History, Taipei, no. 121, August, 2003, pp.24-30.
“From G. Aleni to Robert Morrison: A Review of the Christian Strategies in Ming- Qing China”, Sino-Humanitas, no. 10, Hong KongBaptistUniversity, May, 2004.
“From Servitor to Protector---Clay Figurines and Buddhist Origins of Tang Sancai Deva-kings”The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, no.259, October, 2004, Taipei, pp.62-75.
“Textualizing the Visual: One Mirror or Five---A Study of “An Ancient Mirror” in Tang Zhuanqi”TheNational Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, Taipei, 2006, April, no. 277, pp.80-91.
“Cultural Hybridity: Exotics Colors of the Cizhou Kiln”, Bulletinof The National Museum of History, Taipei,March 2007, no.164, pp.33-39.
“Modules That Determine Style: The Study of 14th Century Yuan Blue and White Porcelains in the West”, TheNationalPalaceMuseum Monthly of Chinese Art, Taipei, April 2007, no. 291, pp.20-29.
“Lyricism and Realism: The Major Trends of Development in Modern Chinese Poetry”, in The Destiny of History: Modern Chinese Literature, ed. Hong Kong Arts Council, Zhonghua Bookstore Press, Hong Kong, 2007, pp.251- 265.
“Module Systems and Style of the Song Plain Bronze Mirrors”, TheNational Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, Taipei, October, 2007, pp.68-77.
Five Dynasties, or Song-Liao?---A Reconsideration of the Two Anonymous Paintings “Deer in the Autumnal Woods” and “Fawns in a Red Maple Forest” , The National PalaceMuseum Monthly of Chinese Art, no. 306, Taipei, September, 2008, pp.68-77.
“Hsu Wei’s Monochrome Paintings ”TheNational PalaceMuseumMonthly of Chinese Art, no.312 , Taipei, March, 2009, pp.16-25.
“Landscape in the Mundane”---Questing the Cultural Contents of Chinese Gardens”,TheNational PalaceMuseumMonthly of Chinese Art, no.322 , Taipei, January, 2010, pp.108-117.
"The Wu School and Garden Painting Albums---Shen Zhou’s East Village Album and Wen Jingming’s Clumsy Politics Garden Album”TheNational PalaceMuseumMonthly ofChinese Art ,no.327, Taipei, June, 2010, pp.74-85.
" Kendi from China and Southeast Asia"TheNational PalaceMuseumMonthly of Chinese Art , Taipei,no.335, 2/2011, pp.50-58.
“Nautilus Cups and Tavern Maids—A Study of the Material Culture in Tang Wine Drinking and Its Foreign Influences”, Journal of Oriental Studies, vol.45, Hong Kong, 2012.
“Glass Eye Beads---from the Warring States to Sui-Tang China” , an article in 3 parts serialized in Art Collection +Design, Taipei, July, August, Sept issues, 2012.
“Buddhist or Islamic? The Origin of Kendi and their Trade Regions” Ming Pao Monthly, no.571, July, 2013, Hong, Kong, pp.55-60.
“The Cultural Vision of Pith-Paper Paintings” , New Perspectives in Chinese Culture,
No.11, Sept. Autumn, 2013, Hong Kong, pp.135-139.
“Sunqua’s Oil Paintings and Western Interactions” Art Collection +Design, Taipei,
Forthcoming, December, 2013.
“China Trade and China School---19th Century Paintings from China”, New Perspectives in Chinese Culture, No.12, December, Winter, Hong Kong, forthcoming.
“Courtyard and Inner Chamber Scenes from the Paintings of the Chinese School”Perspectives in Chinese Culture, No.13, Spring, Hong Kong, forthcoming, 2014 issue.
Conferences and Lectures:
Panelist, paper delivered, “Lyricism and Realism: The Major Trends of Development in Modern Chinese Poetry”, in conference “Chinese Literature from the 20th to the 21st Century: A Retrospect and A Speculation” organized by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Nov. 29, 2006. Hong Kong.
Panel Chair, "Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Llyod Cotsen Collection in Context", An International Symposium hosted by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, November 21-22, 2009.
Keynote speaker, “Nautilus Cups and Tavern Maids—A Study of the Material Culture in Tang Wine Drinking and Its Foreign Influences”, December, 2011, Hong Kong University, An International Conference on Food and Culture.
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