Biography

2012 Master of Fine Arts in creative writing 

City University of Hong Kong 

 

2004 PhD degree

Sun Yat-sen University

 

1996 Master’s degree in human geography

State University of New York at Albany

 

1987 Master’s degree in English language and literature 

Sun Yat-sen University

 

1984 Bachelor degree in English language and literature

Sun Yat-sen University

Academic Activities: 

2019-Now

Professor

School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University

 

2007-2018

Professor

School of Foreign Language, Sun Yat-sen University

 

1999-2006

Associate professor

School of Foreign Language, Sun Yat-sen University

 

1997-1998

Lecturer

School of Foreign Language, Sun Yat-sen University

 

1991-1994

Lecturer

School of Foreign Language, Sun Yat-sen University

 

1987-1990

Assistant lecturer

School of Foreign Language, Sun Yat-sen University

 

Publications

Dai, Fan & Chang, Chenguang. (eds.) 2019. Halliday and Sun Yat-sen University. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

Dai, Fan & Lv. Dairong (eds.). 2013. Functional stylistics. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. 

Dai, Fan & Stephen L.J. Smith. 2011. (4th print) (in both Chinese and English) Cultures in contrast: Miscommunication and misunderstanding between Chinese and North Americans.  Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

Huang, Guowen, Chang, Chenguang & Dai, Fan. (eds.) 2006. Functional linguistics as appliable linguistics. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 

Dai, Fan. 2005. Speech and thought presentation in The Joy Luck Club. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

Dai, Fan. (ed.) 2001. Teacher’s manual: College English, intensive reading, Book 5. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press. 

Dai, Fan (ed.) 2001. Teacher’s manual: College English, intensive reading, Book 6. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

Jimei Xia, Jihui Xia and Dai, Fan. 1995. Getting along with foreigners: Case studies of miscommunications between Chinese and English speakers. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

Dai, Fan & Li, Ling. 2019 （forthcoming）. The Academic Aspects of Creative

 Writing in English in the Teaching and Research in English as a Foreign 

Language. Foreign Languages in China. 

Dai, Fan & Zheng, Wei. 2019. Self-translation and English-language creative writing in China. World Englishes. 38(4). 1–12.

Dai, Fan. 2018. Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy: a review. World Englishes.  

37(4). 717-719.

Dai, Fan. 2018. The lucky days. Journal of Science and Technology Beijing.

34 (3). 27-29.

Dai, Fan. 2017. An overview of the teaching and research in creative writing.    

        Foreign Languages in China. 77 (3). 64-73. 

Dai, Fan. 2017. Connecting through a common language. Writing in Education. 

Issue 72. 16-21.

Dai, Fan, Ling Li. 2017. Teaching Creative writing in a foreign language in China.  TEXT. Special Issue 47: Ideas and Realities: Creative Writing in Asia Today.  Sally Breen and Sanaz Fotouhi (eds.), October. http://www.textjournal.com.au/ speciss/issue47/Dai&Li.pdf

Dai, Fan. 2015. Teaching creative writing in English in the Chinese context. World Englishes. 34(2). 247–259.

Dai Fan. 2015. English writing as education in the Chinese context. In Graeme Harper (ed.), Creative writing and education, 71-82. Bristol:Multilingual Matters.

Dai Fan. 2015. Teaching Creative Writing in China. LEAP+: Magazine of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators. teaching-creative- writing -china/

Dai, Fan. 2014. Teaching creative writing across languages: A pedagogic experiment. http://iwp.uiowa.edu/publishing-gallery/creative-self-translation-englis...

Kroll, Jeri & Fan Dai, 2013. Reading as a writer in Australia and China: Adapting the workshop. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. 1-15.

Dai, Fan. 2012. English-language creative writing by Chinese university students. English Today 28 (3). 21-26

Dai, Fan. 2011. Writing, sharing and growing together -- Creative writing in Sun Yat-sen University. TEXT. April. http://www.textjournal.com.au/ speciss/issue 10/ FanDai.pdf

Dai, Fan, 2011. The stylistic significance and translation of temporal conjunctions in three Days to see. In Chinese Translators (6). 60-62.

Dai, Fan. 2010. English-language creative writing in Mainland China. World Englishes 29(4). 546–556.

Dai, Fan. 2010. My way to functional linguistics. In A collection of systemic functional linguistics. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

Dai, Fan. 2007. Discourse and discourse translation in cultural contexts. Foreign Languages Research. (3). 77-81. 

Dai, Fan. 2007. Mother-daughter conflict and the construction of Chinese identity. In Cross-cultural autobiographies and the teaching and learning of English, 164-188. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 

Dai, Fan. 2006. The stylistic significance of book titles. Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (4). 43-47.

Dai, Fan. 2006. Translation and style in cultural contexts.In Functional stylistics and translation studies, 99-114. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 

Dai, Fan. 2005. Speech and thought presentation in The Joy Luck Club. In Foreign Languages and Their Teaching (9). 56-59.

Dai, Fan & Mohsen Ghadessy. 2004. Polarity and modality in parallel texts: Martin Luther King’s speech in English and Chinese. HKBU Papers in Applied Language Studies. (in English) (8). 18-31.

Chang, Chenguang & Fan Dai. 2003. English idioms in text. Foreign Language Education (5). 27-30.

Dai, Fan. 2002. A functional stylistic analysis of a poem. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching (1). 12-14.

Dai, Fan & Wang, Zhenhua. 2002. The development and application in systemic functional linguistics. In Discourse, discourse function language teaching, 257-262. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 

Dai, Fan. 2002. The stylistic meaning of the theory of periodicity and appraisal in a text. Journal of Sun Yat-sen University 5. 41-48.

Dai, Fan. 1999. Training oneself to listen to, speak, read and write English. Supplement to the Journal of Sun Yat-sen University 5. 24-26.

Dai, Fan. 1998. The feminization of migration in the Pearl River Delta (in English). The Journal of Chinese Geography (8). 1-20. 

Bao, Jigang & Fan Dai. 1996. Progress on the study of the life cycle of tourist attractions. In Studies on Tourism Development, 26-29. Beijing: The Science Press. 

Dai, Fan & Bao, Jigang. 1996. The social impacts of tourism (in English). In Chinese Geographical Science 6(2). 132-144.

Smith, Christopher & Dai, Fan. 1995. Health, wealth, and inequality in the Chinese city (in English). In Journal of Health and Place. 1(3). 167-177.

Dai, Fan. 1994. Understanding British culture through advertising. Modern Foreign Languages (2). 69-71.

Dai, Fan. 1989. Teaching oral English. In Research on higher learning, 92-95. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 

 

Creative works in English

Dai, Fan (editor-in-chief). 2019. Waterways. Sun Yat-sen University & RMIT 

University. 

Dai, Fan. 2018. Terrace Talk. Westerly. Vol. 63(1). 176-178.

Dai, Fan. 2017. Saturday Evenings. Westerly. Vol. 62 (2). 274-290.

Dai, Fan. 2017. The Privileges of a Writer. Ninth Letter. Special Edition. 

    http://test.ninthletter.com/web-edition/test-international/169-dai.

Rendle-Short, Francesca & Dai, Fan (eds.). 2017. Root. Sun Yat-sen University & 

RMIT University.

Rendle-Short, Francesca & Dai, Fan (eds.). 2017. Branches. Sun Yat-sen 

   University & RMIT University.

Rendle-Short, Francesca & Dai, Fan (eds.). 2016. Under a Clear Sky. Sun Yat-sen 

   University & RMIT University.

Rendle-Short, Francesca & Dai, Fan (eds.). 2016. Shared Moon. Sun Yat-sen University & RMIT University.

Dai, Fan. 2016. Mother-son-hood. Ducts. #37, summer. http://www.ducts. org/content/fiction/mother-son-hood/ 

Dai, Fan. 2016. In Honor of ... Ninth Letter. Special Edition.http://old.creative writing.english.illinois.edu/ninthletter//international_feature/dai.html

Dai, Fan. 2016. Reflection on Bitterness and Sweetness. Peril. June. http://peril.com.  au/topics/reflection/

Dai, Fan. 2016. Game On. The Jakata Post. The Jakata Post. http://www.thejakarta post.com/news/2016/06/11/essay-game.html

Rendle-Short, Francesca & Dai, Fan (eds.). 2015. Sea of Honey. Sun Yat-sen 

   University & RMIT University.

Rendle-Short, Francesca & Dai, Fan (eds.). 2015. The Fish Are Fine. Sun Yat-sen 

   University & RMIT University.

Dai, Fan. 2014. The secret happy life of uncle Renfeng. Asia Literary Review. No. 

26. 37-54.

Dai, Fan. 2011. Face value, Drunken Boat. http://www.drunkenboat.com/db14/2fic/ 

   dai/face.php 

Dai, Fan. 2000. (fiction). Butterfly lovers: The story of the Chinese Romeo and Juliet. 

   New Jersey: Homa & Sekey Books, U.S.A. 

 

Creative works in Chinese

Dai, Fan. 2018. Those lucky days. In Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing (Social Science Edition). Vol. 34 (2). 27-29.

Dai, Fan. 2001. Tunes from a mother (nonfiction). Wuhan: Normal University of Central China Press.

Dai, Fan. 2000. Walking with a rainbow: My days in the United States (nonfiction). Hangzhou: Zhengjiang People’s Press. 

Dai, Fan. 1999. Luoyong Wang: The China boy who fought his way into Broadway. (biography). Homa & Sekey Books, U.S.A.

Dai, Fan. (writer) and Jigang Bao (photographer). 1998. Thirty thousand miles in the United States and Canada (nonfiction). Beijing: The Commercial Press.

 

Research interests: 

Creative writing in English as a foreign language