LIU Xiuyu, a professor at College of Foreign Studies, Liaoning University, received M.A. and Ph. D degrees in literature from Liaoning University in 1997 and 2011 respectively. She is a visiting scholar of University of Washington and New York University respectively in the US, researching on English literature.

The research interests include English literature and American studies. The main research achievements are as follows:

        1.    A Poetic Transcendence of Existential Experience: on Beckett’s Plays, Guangming Daily Press, 2012

        2.    On the Feudal System Transformation of Early and Mid-Tang Dynasty and Its Literature, co-author, Liaohai Publishing House, 2012

        3.    The Logical Evolution of Modern British Drama, Journal of Liaoning University, Nov. 2015

        4.    A Review of American Naturalism in the Contemporary Context, Journal of the PLA Art Academy, Jan. 2014

        5.    The Reception of Samuel Beckett in China, Literary and Art Forum, Jul. 2013

        6.    Beckett’s Plays and the Reconstruction of the Irish Identity, Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Jun. 2013

       7.    A Global Imagination of Beckett’s Plays, Theater Arts, Jun. 2011

       8.    A Historical Perspective of Caryl Churchill’s Play Top Girls, Journal of Liaoning University, Jul. 2009

       9.    A Feminist Interpretation of Marsha Norman’s Night Mother, Journal of Liaoning University, May 2008

     Email: xiuyuliu@163.com

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