Nan Wang
First Name:
Nan
Last Name:
Wang
Email :
jas.wang@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
PhD Candidate
Biography :
Nan Wang is a PhD candidate in modern Chinese literature and culture. Her research interest lies in the intertwinement among history, literature, and eco-critics. Focusing on fantasies delineating the possibility of more-than-human co-existence, her working dissertation explores how literary imaginations respond to the unprecedented eco-crisis we are now facing. She is also a fiction writer, poet, and backyard organic farmer.
People Type:
Areas of Interest:
- Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
- Critical Theory, Media Studies
- Environmental Humanities
- History of Science
Program:
Dissertation Title:
Enlivenment Movement: Fantasticality and the Unthinkable in Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature
Dissertation Supervisors:
Yue Meng