Xiaoshan Yang

Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Degrees

B.A., Anhui University; M.A., Peking University; Ph.D., Harvard University

Research Profile

Yang teaches Chinese language, literature, and culture. He specializes in classical Chinese poetry and poetics. His publications include a monograph on comparative poetics as well as articles on Tang-Song poetry, prose, and political discourse in leading journals for Sinology and East Asian humanities. His latest book titled Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere: Gardens and Objects in Tang-Song Poetry was published by Harvard University Asia Center (2003). Yang's research has been recognized with grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.