Yi Fu

Biography

Background

Yi Fu is a PhD student in Chinese Studies. She has completed an MA in Chinese Studies with Distinction at SOAS University of London, and a BA in Translation Studies with National Scholarship at Northwest University.

Qualifications

PhD in Chinese Studies, University of Edinburgh

MA in Chinese Studies, SOAS University of London

BA in Translation Studies, Northwest University

 

Research summary

Yi Fu's research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese literature and film. 

Current research interests

Yi Fu’s current project is titled Left-Wing Decadents: The Unnamed Society and Their Early Cultural Imagination of Russian Literature (1921-1931). This project focuses on the role of the Unnamed Society in the dissemination of Russian literature. It explores the transcultural complexities involved in the writing and translation of Russian decadent and early Soviet literature in 1920s China.

Past research interests

Yi Fu's past research interests include Sinophone Film Studies, especially the observational realism in Taiwan New Cinema. Yi is also interested in contemporary Chinese cinema and the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers. She has explored the representation of women and the collapse of the master narrative in post-socialist Chinese cinema.
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