Zhang Chengping

Chengping Zhang is a Lecturer of English at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University. She received her PhD in English Studies from The University of Hong Kong.

Her research focuses on English language education and British literature, particularly Victorian fiction and poetry, with an emphasis on ethical literary criticism. She has published in journals such as Philosophy and Literature and Frontiers in Psychology, and has contributed to The Literary Encyclopedia. She is also the author of a monograph on Thomas Hardy and a translator of his selected short stories.

Jan. 2021–Present, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Associate Professor

Aug. 2011–Dec. 2020, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Lecturer

Sep. 2010-Aug. 2011, The University of Hong Kong, Research & Teaching Assistant

Jul. 2003-Aug. 2006, Sichuan University, Lecturer

Graduate English (Master’s Level, SIGS)

Introduction to World Literature (SIGS)

Her research focuses on English language education, with particular interest in communication skills, and on literary studies. Her recent work is shifting from British literature toward a broader engagement with world literature. She is also developing courses that explore Chinese culture through Chinese literature for international students.

[1] Li, Xiangming; Zhang, Chengping; Yuan, Bo. Experimental Study on the Application of Rain Classroom: An Interpretation of Connectivist Learning Theory. Modern Educational Technology, 2017: 40–45.

[2] Xu, Jihong; Ni, Shiguang; Ran, Maosheng; Zhang, Chengping. The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Adolescents’ Social Anxiety in Migrant Families: A Study in Guangdong, China. Frontiers in Psychology, 2017.

[3] Zhang, Chengping. “Violence and Its Roots in Thomas Hardy’s Works.” Foreign Literature Studies, 2016, 38(2): 150–158.

[4] Zhang, Chengping. “Violence and Its Roots in Thomas Hardy’s Fiction.” Paper presented at the Conference on Literature and Violence, Shandong University, 2013.

[5] Zhang, Chengping. The Return of the Native. The Literary Encyclopedia, 2013.

[6] Zhang, Chengping. “Evolution and Ethics in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891).” In (Dis)Entangling Darwin, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012: 188–200.

[7] Zhang, Chengping. The Well-Beloved. The Literary Encyclopedia, 2012.

[8] Zhang, Chengping. “Moral Luck in Thomas Hardy’s Fiction.” Philosophy and Literature, 2010, 34(1): 82–94.

[9] Zhang, Chengping. “‘The Crowd Over the Hero’: Social Evolution and Ethics in The Mayor of Casterbridge.” Yale University, 2011.

[10] Zhang, Chengping. “The Lover as Artist: The Well-Beloved and ‘Poems 1912–13’.” International Thomas Hardy Conference, UK, 2010.

[11] Zhang, Chengping. “Evolution and Ethics in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles.” University of Porto, 2009.

Monograph:

Zhang, Chengping. Hardy: Literature and Ethics. Beijing: Science Press, 2016.

Translation:

Hardy, Thomas. An Imaginative Woman and Other Stories. Translated by Chengping Zhang. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2019.