Wendy (Xiaoxue) Sun

Graduate Student

Office Location

Phelps Hall 6213

Specialization

Comparative Literature

Education

  • BA in Chinese Literature, Jilin University
  • MA in Comparative Literature and World Literature, Peking University
  • MA in English Literature, Loyola Marymount University

Bio

Wendy Sun is a Chinese student who is currently doing her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature with a German emphasis. She speaks Chinese, German, English, and is learning French.

Research

Wendy's research interests include: Memory Studies and the Holocaust, Gender and Sexuality studies in Chinese Literature, Translation Studies, and World Literature.

Projects

Translator from German to Chinese: Als die Hasen noch fliegen konnten: Gutenachtgeschichten für Mirle. Publication in process.

Publications

  • "Poppy and Memory: Darkness Spoken between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan" in THE APOLLONIAN.

Courses

  • Elementary German