Xiaowen Xu
Research Area
Education
SoEL Certificate in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of British Columbia, 2019
Ph.D., East Asian Studies, University of Toronto, 2014
Ph.D., English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1997
About
Dr. Xiaowen Xu teaches undergraduate courses on Chinese language, literature, and English/Chinese translation in the Department of Asian Studies. She also coordinates advanced content-based Chinese courses in the Chinese Language Program.
Teaching
- CHIN 388 (3) Introduction to Classical Chinese I
- CHIN 449 (3) Advanced Readings in Classical Chinese
- CHIN 461 (3) Early Classical Chinese Poetry (to Han)
- CHIN 463 (3) Early Classical Chinese Poetry (Han to Tang)
- CHIN 465 (3) Fantasy in Chinese Literature
- CHIN 466 (3) Chinese Martial Arts Fiction
- CHIN 471 (3) Later Classical Chinese Poetry (Tang)
- CHIN 481 (3) Modern Chinese Literature I
- CHIN 483 (3) Modern Chinese Literature II
- CHIN 482A (3) Supervised Study in the Chinese Language: Translation’s Role in Chinese Literature as A World Literature (Research Intensive)
- CHIN 489 (3) Reading Modern Sinophone Literature
- CHIN 491 (3) Classical Chinese I
- CHIN 493 (3) Classical Chinese II
Research
Chinese literature, English/Chinese translation, undergraduate curriculum and pedagogy
Publications
For complete publication record, please contact via email.
Select Book Chapters
“Jingu qiguan: Bestselling Stories in the Ming Dynasty.” A Companion to World Literature, vol 3. Ed. Christopher Lupke. Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. 1623-34.
“Early Modern Drama: Hong Shen, Ouyang Yuqian, Xia Yan.” Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature. Ed. Ming Dong Gu. Routledge, 2018. 183-93.
Select Chinese Translations
Yige qingnian yishujia de xiaoxiang (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man). 2003. James Joyce. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2025.
Dubolin ren (Dubliners). 2003. James Joyce. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2025.
Fanfeng zhi fengmang: fanfeng de lilun yu zhengjian (Irony’s Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony). Linda Hutcheon. Kaifeng: Henan U Press, 2010.
Heju tang (The Crane Collections: Snuff Bottle Website), 2006.
Tielu (Iron Road, the Film Script). Anne Tait. Toronto: Anne Tait Production, 2003.
Andong (Dark Winter). William Dietrich. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2002.
Quanqiuhua zhong de zhishi zuopai (The Cultural Left in Globalization: Critical Essays). Bruce Robbins. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2000.
Diqiu shiming (Mission Earth). L. Ron Hubbard. Haikou: Hainan Press, 1999.
Huxiao shanzhuang (Wuthering Heights). Emily Brontë. Guilin: Lijiang Press, 1998.
Select Teaching-Related Research Projects at UBC
“Enlist Free ChatGPT to Restore Learning Agency to Students in CHIN465 2026-2027.” The SoTL Seed Program. Jan 2026-Jan 2028. In progress.
“Amplifying UBC international students’ voices in the classroom to create a more Inclusive and transformative learning experience.” Students as Partners (SaP) Project. May 2022- Apr 2023.
“Building Canvas Templates for 8 CHIN Content-Based Courses with Multiple Sections for Chinese Heritage Students.” Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Innovation Project. May 2019 – Feb 2022.
“Enhancing Students’ Engagement with Group Writing Project by Optimizing Division of Labour.” The SoTL Seed Program. Aug 2020-Apr 2022.
Other Presentation
“Ouyang Yuqian and Hong Shen,” Modern Chinese Literature Video Lecture Series, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC) Resource Center. July 2020. (Password available upon request)
Work Submitted
Chinese translation of Hailang (The Waves). Virginia Woolf. Manuscript reviewed, accepted, and scheduled to be published by Yilin Press (Nanjing) in 2027.
Work in Progress
Book project: Fantasy Force and Forced Fantasy: A Study of the Literary Fantastic in Chinese Literature. In progress.