Helen Zhang
Associate Professor
Department of Language and Literature
The University of Tulsa
United States of America
Biography
Huiwen (Helen) Zhang identifies herself as a Transeader—a lento reader, poetic translator, creative writer, and cultural critic in One. The role of Transreader and the theory of Transreading link Dr. Zhang’s research on Chinese, German, and Scandinavian literature, philosophy, history, and art.
Research Interest
“Prompted Transreading”: a critical theory that Dr. Zhang has developed to explore how history, literature, philosophy, and art generate and reshape one another. Modern Transreaders whom Dr. Zhang currently studies: Søren Kierkegaard, Georg Brandes, Friedrich Nietzsche, August Strindberg, Vincent van Gogh, Käthe Kollwitz, Ernst Barlach, Lu Xun, Franz Kafka, and Mu Dan. Ancient Transreaders whom Dr. Zhang currently studies: Laozi and Zhuangzi.
