Biography
Yue Xing (邢岳) is a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. She is originally from Harbin, China, and received both her B.A. and M.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Fudan University.
Growing up immersed in popular literature and media culture, she developed a long-standing interest in popular narrative forms and cultural production. Her academic work draws on literary and cultural analysis to deepen understanding of popular cultural phenomena and changing narrative forms. More broadly, she is interested in how stories generate connection, articulate feeling, and shape cultural publics, concerns that also inform her everyday interest in in-depth conversations and interpersonal engagement.
Research Interests
- Popular literature and culture;
- Cultural studies;
- Affect and narrative studies;
- Media transformation;
- Intellectuals and public culture.
Research Description
Her research focuses on modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture (late Qing to the present), with particular attention to popular literature and popular cultural production. Working within a cultural studies framework, she is especially interested in long-term historical trajectories that link late imperial narrative traditions to modern and contemporary media forms.
More generally, her research examines how popular cultural forms participate in the organization of feeling, public discourse, and cultural connection across historical periods. She is also interested in interdisciplinary approaches to popular culture, including emerging methods in digital humanities. Her related interests include Ming–Qing fiction, Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies literati and their intermedial practices, and contemporary digital popular culture.
Education
M.A., History and Theory of Chinese Literature, Fudan University (2025)
B.A., Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University (2020)
Courses Taught
CHIN201/202 Elementary Chinese (25 Fall & 26 Spring)