Todd Foley graduated from Oberlin College in 2006 with a degree in Classics and East Asian Studies. He holds an MA in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth and a PhD in East Asian Studies from NYU (2015). His teaching at NYU has centered on Chinese literature, film, drama, and critical theory, and he has also taught courses at Connecticut College and Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou). His current research focuses on ideas of humanity and animality in modern and contemporary Chinese literature.
Todd Foley
Adjunct Assistant Professor
B.A. East Asian Studies, Ancient Greek Language & Literature, Oberlin College, 2006
M.A. Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2007
Ph.D. Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature, East Asian Studies, NYU, 2015
Modern Chinese literature & film
Translation
Publications - Articles & Book Chapters
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Transcultural Poetics: Chinese Literature in English Translation, ed. Yifeng Sun & Dechao Li. Routledge, 2023. pp. 33-51.
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Literature. 2:4 (2022). pp. 225-238. (open access)
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Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy, ed. Carlos Yu-Kai Lin & Victor H. Mair. Brill, 2020. pp. 183-206.
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Wang Anyi, “Match Made in Heaven” 《天仙配.Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. 12:1 (2018).
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Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. 10:4 (2016). pp. 598-622.
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Luo Xiaoming (罗小茗), “The Impervious Zhen Huan” 《密不透风的甄嬛》 TranslationFrontiers of Literary Studies in China. 8:3 (2014). pp. 496-501
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Comparative Critical Studies. Vol. 11 (2014). pp. 61–75.
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Ed. Thomas Moran and Dianna Xu. Detroit: Gale Research, 2013. pp. 18–28.
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“Between Human and Animal: A Study of ‘New Year’s Sacrifice,’ ‘Kong Yiji,’ and ‘Diary of a Madman.’”‘Kong Yiji,’ and ‘Diary of a Madman.’” Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. 6:3 (2012). pp. 374–92.
Publications - Translations
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Translation of two novellas and three short stories, with a foreword by Xudong Zhang. Cornell University Press. (Fall 2023).
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Translated with Max Bohnenkamp, FU Poshek, Nga Li LAM, LI Meng, and Carlos Rojas. Ed. Carlos Rojas. Brill, 2018.
Contact Information
Todd Foley
Adjunct Assistant Professor twf218@nyu.edu 19 University Place, room 506New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-9066