Basic Information
Ke Ying
Email: keying@seu.edu.cn; keyingsz@163.com
Research Interests
Literature in English, visual arts, comparative literature
Education:
Ph.D. in English Language and Literature, Suzhou University, 2013
M.A. in English Language and Literature, Suzhou University, 2007
B.A. in English Education, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 1998
Work Experience:
2023-present, Southeast University
2015-2016, University of Pennsylvania (postdoctoral fellow)
1998-2023, Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Major Publications
Books
1. Ke Ying. Susan Sontag: The Best Mind on Both Sides of the Atlantic. Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, 2020.
2. Ke Ying. The Thinker in the Society of the Spectacle: Susan Sontag on Visual Arts. Nanjing University Press, 2019.
3. Ke Ying. A Study of Existentialism in Susan Sontag’s Writing. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2018.
Essays
1. Ke Ying. The East Writes back with National Reflections: On Lao She’s “Occidentalist” Writing in Mr. Ma and Son. Comparative Literature in China, 2024 (1): 118-132.
2. Ke Ying. The Tarantella Dance and Variegated Writing: Towards a Community of Women in Remember the Tarantella. Journal of Literature in English, 2023 (10): 80-92.
3. Ke Ying. A Sontagian Interpretation of Love for Life. Chinese Semiotic Studies, 2022 (2): 273-283.
4. Ke Ying. High Camp and Aestheticism: On Camp Aesthetics in The Benefactor. Contemporary Foreign Literature, 2021 (4): 13-19.
5. Ke Ying. The Influence of An American Photography Exhibition on Yasunari Kawabata’s Women-centered Narrative. Journal of Japanese Language Study and Research, 2021 (2): 102-110.
6. Ke Ying. Solemn Observation in Hot Media: On the Spectacle Representation in Promised Lands. Journal of Hubei Minzu University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2017 (1): 169-174.
7. Ke Ying. Death and Salvation: The Aesthetics of Silence in Susan Sontag’s Brother Carl. Contemporary Foreign Literature, 2016 (1): 29-35.
8. Ke Ying. The Photographic Seeing in the Society of the Spectacle: Susan Sontag on Photography. Journal of Suzhou University of Science and Technology (Social Sciences), 2015 (2): 57-64.
9. Ke Ying. A Late-comer to the Serious Arts: Susan Sontag on Film. Journal of Beijing Film Academy, 2015 (3,4): 183-192.
10. Ke Ying. The Body Speaks: Susan Sontag on Dance. Journal of Beijing Dance Academy, 2015 (2): 103-108.
11. Ke Ying, Zhu Ping. The “Outsider’s” Imagination of Death: Existence and Absurdity in Death Kit. Shandong Foreign Language Teaching Journal, 2012 (4): 78-83.
12. Ke Ying. The Doomed “Other”: An Existential Feminist Reading of The Volcano Lover. Contemporary Foreign Literature, 2012 (2): 105-112.
13. Ke Ying. A Game of Coding and Decoding: The Implied Author in The Benefactor. Foreign Literatures, 2011 (3): 111-118.
14. Ke Ying. The Double Aspects of Australia: Judith Wright on Australian Poetry. Foreign Literature Review, 2011 (1): 151-162.
15. Ke Ying. Gender Consciousness and Resistance in Alice in Bed. Drama (The Journal of the Central Academy of Drama), 2010 (3): 108-112.
16. Ke Ying. Glengarry Glen Ross: An Interpretation. Drama (The Journal of the Central Academy of Drama), 2009 (2): 107-113.
Research Projects
1. “Camp Aesthetics in Susan Sontag’s Novels” (2020), sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund of China’s Ministry of Education
2. “The Thinker in the Society of the Spectacle: Susan Sontag on Visual Arts” (2012), sponsored by the National Social Sciences Fund of China
3. “The Narrative Art in Susan Sontag’s Works” (2009), sponsored by the Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Fund of Jiangsu Province
Honors and Awards
1. Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences, Jiangsu Province (second prize, 2023)
2. Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences, Suzhou City (third prize, 2018)
3. Qinglan Talent Project for Young and Middle-aged Academic Leaders (2017)
4. Qinglan Talent Project for Outstanding Young Teachers (2014)
5. Suzhou Hanshan Education Award (2013)
