Professor Wang Tongkun graduated with an MA degree from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Shandong University in 1991, and with a PhD in Literature from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Fudan University in 1997. He has been a member of the teaching faculty at the Institute of Comparative and World Literatures in the School of Literature, Shandong University, since 2000.

In recent years, Professor Wang has been primarily engaged in teaching and research in the fields of Comparative Literature, and Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature. He offers many courses, both at the undergraduate level and in the graduate curriculum, including: “Comparative Literature”, “Literature and Film and Television”, “Christianity and Western Literature”, and “Methodology in theHumanistic Sciences”. He has supervised a large number of research projects, such as “The Utilization of Chinese Literary Resources and the Development of Contemporary Film and Television Art”, and “The Adaptation of Chinese and Foreign Literary Masterpieces in Film and Television From A Comparative Perspective”. Professor Wang has published many articles and  papers in academic journals such as Academic Journal of Beijing University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), Collected Papers in the Study of Modern Chinese Literature, Studies of Theory in Literature and Art,Lu Xun Studies Monthly, Comparative Literature in China.He has received many prizes and awards, including the Liu Xie Prize for Literary Criticism in Shandong Province, and the Shandong Province Prize for Excellence in Mentoring of a Thesis for an Academic Degree.

Published Works:

1. The Evolution of Concepts – A View of the History of Chinese Literature in the Twentieth Century. (Monograph, co-authored with Mr. Wei Chongxin), Xiyuan Publishing House, First Edition 2000; Second Edition 2013

2. The “Looking Back at the Last Century” Book Series, (including five monographs such as Navigating the Sea of Philosophy, Emotion and Enlightenment, Evolving While Suffering Unexpected Setbacks, and Searching Through a Hundred Years of Dreams). Member (listed as no. 2) of the editorial board, Xiyuan Publishing House, 2000

3. A General History of the Study of Modern Chinese Literature, 2 volumes. Participant author, responsible for authoring the “Studies Regarding Zhou Zuoren” section, Jiangsu Education Publishing House, 2001

4. Hot Issues and Topics of European and American Literature in the Twentieth Century. Participant author, responsible for writing the “Recalling the Years that Flow By So Quickly” section, Higher Education Press, 2002

5. Modern Chinese Literature(A Supplementary Book Series · Prose Volume II). Participant writer, responsible for writing a special piece on “A General Discussion of the Aesthetic Realm in Lin Yutang's Essays”, Mingtian (Tomorrow) Publishing House, 1991

6. The Conscience of the Century. Participant author, responsible for authoring the “On Reading Volume 20 of The Complete Works of Ba Jin” section, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 1996

7. “The Central Thematic Discourse of Chinese Literature in the Past Hundred Years”, PhD Dissertation, Fudan University, 1997

8. “The Beauty of the Sublime and the Beauty of Harmony: An Exploration of the Differences in Orientation in the Mentality of Aesthetics Between Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren”, MA Thesis, Shandong University, 1991

9. “The ‘Non-exploratory’Tendency in So-called ExploratoryNovels”, in The Literary Critic, no. 2, 1989

10. “An Account of the Assassination of Zhou Zuoren and How He Became an Associate of Those Traitors who Collaborated with Japan”, in Lianhe (United) Weekly, the “Literature and History Page”, March 22, 1989

11. “The Tea is Guileless, but the Pourer Has Deep Feelings”, in Enjoying The Masterpieces, no. 1, 1995

12. “Aesthetic Tendencies in Lu Xun’s and Turgenev's Prose Poems”, in Comparative Literature in China, no. 2, 1995

13. “The Absurdities of History Reflected in the Sincerity of Life”, in Cultural Education Materials, no. 1, 1996

14. “The Sublime and the Harmonious”, in Lu Xun Studies Monthly, no. 2, 1996

15. “The Mother-in-law in Literature”, in China Reading News, April 10, 1996, p. 3

16. “How the Statue of Father Tilted and Fell Down”, jointly published with Mr. Jia Zhifang, in Miscellaneous Publications ofStudies in Modern Chinese Literature, no. 3, 1996

17. “The Lu Xun of Whom We May Endlessly Speak”, in Writers Weekly, November 25, 1996, p.3

18. “On the Motif of Matriarchy in Chinese Literature in the Twentieth Century”, jointly published with Mr. Jia Zhifang, in Studies of Theory in Literature and Art, no. 1, 1997

19. “The ‘Father’, A Subject of Embarrassment in Chinese Literature for a Hundred Years”, in Book City, no. 2, 1997

20. “Changing the Minds of the Populace and the Popularization of Literature”, jointly published with Mr. Jia Zhifang, in Studies of Theory in Literature and Art, no. 5, 1997; reprinted (full-text) in The People’s University’s Reprints of Newspaper and Periodical Materials (Literary and Artistic Theory), no. 1, 1998

21. “Progressing in New Paths in Deep Meditation”, published jointly with Mr. Song Yiqiao, in Academic Journal of Beijing University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), no. 1, 1999

22. “Seeking the Juncture of Concord Between Literature and History”, A Topical Discussion on Paper in Interdisciplinary Studies in Comparative Literature, in Social Sciences in Shandong, no. 4, 1999

23. “Ah Q, Second Generation”, in The Supreme People’s Procuratorate Daily · Der Spiegel Weekly,December 1, 2000

24. “The Watchman of the Spiritual Home”, inEducation in Shandong, September 2001

25. “A Preliminary Exploration in Teaching and Lecturing in a Foreign Language in a Course in the Comparative Literature and World Literatures Major”, in Papers on Pedagogy in the New Century, vol. 2, Shandong University

26. “ ‘Recalling the Years that Flow By So Quickly’: A Difficult Acceptance and a Weary Interpretation”, in Humanistic Writings, vol. 4, The School of Literature, Shandong University

27. “Thematology in Comparative Literature: Advancing in New Pathways through Doubting and Questioning”, in Humanistic Writings, vol. 5, The School of Literature, Shandong University

28. “Lu Xun's Novels: An Inexhaustible Resource for Adaptation”, in Humanistic Writings, vol. 7, The School of Literature, Shandong University

29. “The Transformation of Journey to the West from Novel to Film and Television”, in Social Sciences in Shandong, no. 8, 2006

30. “On the Adaptation of Lu Xun's Novels”, in Lu Xun Studies Monthly, no. 5, 2007