Huang Lizhen serves asLecturer in the School of Literature at Shandong University, and holds a Ph.D in Literature. She is primarily engaged in research in the fields of Modern Chinese Literature, and. She has published many papers and articles in professional journals such as Studies of the Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Social Sciences in Shandong and The Academic Journal of Shandong University. Dr. Huang has participated in the authoring and editing of many academic monographs, and has supervised, or participated in, many research projects sponsored by the National Foundation for the Social Sciences or by the Social SciencesFoundation at the provincial level. Courses that she has taught in the School of Literature in recent years include: “History of Chinese Literature”, “A Study of Literature in Translation in Modern China”, and “A Guided Reading of ADream of the Red Mansion”.

Major published papers and articles:

· “The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School and Popular Magazines Outside China: An Investigation Focused on ‘Saturday’”, A Journal of Discourses FromTaishan, No. 6, 2013

· “Guided Readings of Literary Classics and the Emotional Education of College Students: Taking as an Example ‘A Guided Reading of A Dream of the Red Mansions’”, Chinese Adult Education, No. 21, 2012

· “Distancing FromTradition: On the Aesthetic Style of the Romance Novels of The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School”, Shandong Social Sciences, No. 5, 2002

· “The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School and the Evolution of the Concept of the Modern Novel”, Academic Journal of Shandong University, No. 5, 2002

· “A New Change in the Narrative Mode of The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School's Novels”, Journal of Theoretical Studies, No. 3, 2002

· “A Tentative Discussion of Layers and Structures of Narrative in the Novel TheTravels of Lao Can”, Studies of Ming and Qing Dynasties Novels, No. 1, 1997

Major monographs:

· A History of Academic Studies in the Field of Modern Chinese Literature in the Twentieth Century, (co-authored), Jiangxi Education Publishing House, 2004 edition. This monograph received a Highest Level of Excellence of Achievement in the Social Sciences in Shandong Province in 2006

· History of Chinese Literature, (co-authored), Renmin University of China Press, 2006

Major research projects in which Dr. Huang has participated or is participating:

· “On the Appreciation of Novels of the Late-Qing and Early-Republican Era By Student Groups”, aresearch projectsponsored by the Shandong Provincial Social Sciences Planning Program, (Supervisor)

· “A History of Academic Studies in the Field of Modern Chinese Literature in the Twentieth Century”, a research project sponsored by the National Foundation for the Social Sciences, (Number 3 in Charge)

· “The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School and the Evolution of the Modern Chinese Novel”, a research project sponsored by the Shandong University Foundation for Developing Young Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences, (Supervisor and Principal Investigator)