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Shu-ning Sciban
Professor Emerita - School of Languages - Linguistics - Literatures - and Cultures
+1 (403) 220-5305
Craigie Hall Block C 212
snsciban@ucalgary.ca
Website:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~snsciban
Research and Scholarship Leave (July 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017)
Please note that I am currently on sabbatical.
I will return to the office in January, 2018.
Research Interests
Research Interests:
20th Century Chinese Literature
Chinese 2nd Language Acquisition
Chinese CALL
Chinese Diaspora Literature
Chinese Etymology
Chinese Woman Writing
Contemporary Taiwan Literature
Currently Teaching
Not currently teaching any courses.
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Publications
Book
Yu, Catherine
,
Sciban, Shu-ning
and
Cai, Wei
.
First Steps in China
Neimenggu, China: Neimenggu Press, 2008. 253 pages. Print.
Book Chapter
Sciban, Shu-ning
.
"
How to Do Things with Neologisms: A Study of Wang Wenxing's Language
"
Crossing Between Tradition and Modernity: Essays in Commemoration of Milena Doleželová-Velingerová (1932–2012).
Ed.
Kirk Denton, ed.
Prague: Karolinum Press, 2017. Print.
Conference
Sciban, Shu-ning
,
Yang, Yu-Kun
,
Cai, Wei
and Yang, Jie X.
.
"The Design of 'Yuedu' Courseware and Chinese Reading Strategies for Chinese Heritage Students]. The Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Internet Chinese Education. Taipei: Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission. 1-12.
2007.
Edited Book
Sciban, Shu-ning
(ed).
Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, Issue #39 (Special issue on Wang Wen-hsing)
Santa Barbara: University of California at Santa Barbara., 2017. 204 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
and Ihor Pidhainy
(eds).
Reading Wang Wenxing: Critical Essays. Cornell East Asia Series No. 178.
Ithaca: Cornell East Asia Program, Cornell University, 2015. 345 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
(ed).
Glimpses of the World through the Inner Eye: Collected Biographies and Interviews of Wang Wen-hsing.
Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. 485 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
and Lai-hsin Kang
(eds).
Irony and Rebellion: Critical essays on Family Catastrophe.
Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. 367 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
and Lai-hsin Kang
(eds).
Sound and Fury: Critical Essays on Backed against the Sea.
Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
and Lai-hsin Kang
(eds).
Endless War: General Essays on Works by Wang Wen-hsing. 2 Volumes.
Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2013. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
(ed).
Endless War: Fiction and Essays by Wang Wen-hsing. Cornell East Asia Series No. 158.
Ithaca: East Asian Program, Cornell University, 2011. li + 415 pages. Print.
Sciban, Shu-ning
and Edwards, Fred
(eds).
Dragonflies: Fiction by Chinese Women in the Twentieth Century. Cornell East Asian Series No. 115.
Ithaca: East Asian Program, Cornell University, 2003. viii + 226 pp. Print.
Journal Article
Cai, Wei
and
Sciban, Shu-ning
.
"
"A Preliminary Investigation of Listening Strategies Used by Heritage and Non-heritage Chinese Language Learners at the Beginner’s Level"
"
.
Journal of Chinese Language Teaching
7.2 (2010): 39-63. Print.
Other
Sciban, Shu-ning
, Yu, Catherine Jie Mei and
Yang, X. Jie
.
"Shizi: Chinese Characters" (CD-ROM). Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
2003.
Sciban, Shu-ning
and
Yang, X. Jie
.
"Fayin: Mandarin Pronunciation" (CD-ROM). 2nd Ed. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
2003.
Courses
Degrees
PhD - Chinese Literature
University of Toronto
, 1995
MA - Comparative Literature
University of Alberta
, 1985
BA - Chinese Language and Literature
National Taiwan Normal University, 1981
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