Shouhua Qi
Ph. D., Illinois State University
Graduate Coordinator, Professor of English
Phone: 203-837-9048 Email: qis@wcsu.edu / http://people.wcsu.edu/qis
Victorian literature; Hardy; the English novel; American short fiction; genre studies; literary translation, creative writing

Among Dr. Qi’s scholarly interests is Victorian literature, especially Thomas Hardy. In addition to papers in journals and conference presentations, Qi has published translations of A Pair of Blue Eyes, The Well-Beloved, and coauthored Voices in Tragic Harmony: Essays on Thomas Hardy’s Fiction and Poetry. Dr. Qi’s creative works have appeared in Feminist Studies, AMBIT, the Connecticut Review, and other journals. He is the author of When the Purple Mountain Burns: A Novel, Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories, and many other books. His screenplay Purple Mountain has been optioned for production and his play Twin-Sun River: An American POW in China was staged by the prestigious Shanghai Theater Academy (April 2009).  His latest book is Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Dr. Qi is the recipient of CSU Board of Trustees Research Award (2007).