Select Publications
Journal articles
2023, 'Meiguo de “Lu Xun re” – Yingyu shijie xueshujie dui Lu Xun de zaipingjia [Lu Xun “in vogue” in America – the reassessment of Lu Xun by scholarly circles in the English-speaking world]', Dong Yue Luncong 东岳论丛 [Dongyue Tribune], 344, pp. 28 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.15981/j.cnki.dongyueluncong.2023.03.004
,2023, 'Thoughts after translating Takeuchi Yoshimi’s Ro Jin 鲁迅 (Lu Xun)', Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 10, pp. 195 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23306343.2023.2243432
,2022, 'Guanyu “Moluo shi li shuo” de caiyuan kaozheng ji qita [Textual research into the sources of ‘On the Power of Mara Poetry’ and other issues]', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan [Lu Xun Research Monthly], 483, pp. 22 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.15945/j.cnki.cn11-2722/i.2022.07.002
,2022, 'Si yu ban zhimindi Shanghai: yan gui zhengzhuan [Death in semi-colonial Shanghai: returning to the crux of the matter]', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan [Lu Xun Research Monthly], 479, pp. 5 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.15945/j.cnki.cn11-2722/i.2022.03.001
,2021, 'Lu Xun’s Death: A Postmortem', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 15, pp. 75 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s010-010-021-0005-2
,2021, 'On the sources of Lu Xun's Treatise on Mara Poetry: Some issues and a few answers', Journal of the Society for Asian Humanities, 52, pp. 172 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.3316/INFORMIT.035900068050869
,2019, 'Zhunei Hao de Lu Xun: Zhongguo de Zhunei Hao 竹内好的鲁迅中国的竹内好 (Takeuchi Yoshimi’s Lu Xun: China’s Takeuchi Yoshimi)', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan (Lu Xun Research Monthly), 451, pp. 25 - 38
,2019, '“Xiandai ‘Niguzhuyizhe’: zai lun ‘jiupai shiren’ yu qi jichengzhe 1900-1937 Zhongguo shici chuantong de yanxu he chuangxin” 现代“拟古主义者“:再论“旧派诗人”与其继承者1900-1937-中国诗词传统的延续和创新 (Modern Archaics”: On the Poets of the ‘Old Schools’ and their Successors: 1900-1937 - continuation and creativity within the Chinese poetic tradition)', Changjiang Xueshu (Yangtze River Academic), 62, pp. 11 - 21
,2019, 'Liaojie Fengfu Duoyuan Zhongguo bu neng zou “Jiejing” 了解丰富多元中国不能走"捷径" (There are No “Shortcuts” to an Understanding of the Multicultural Tapestry that is China)', Cankao Xiaoxi (Reference News), pp. 11 - 12
,2019, 'Understanding wild grass by talking to oneself: Lu Xun's Yecao through the lens of Ziyan Ziyu and the Prism of the past', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 13, pp. 171 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s010-008-019-0012-6
,2018, 'Re-contextualizing Lu Xun's early thought and poetics in the Journal Henan', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 12, pp. 388 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s010-007-018-0021-2
,2018, '"Wengu zhixin": Touguo "Ziyan Ziyu" ji "Guoqu" de shijiao chongdu Lu Xun de "Yecao" ”温故知新“:透过”自言自语“及”过去“的视角重读鲁迅的”野草“ ("Discovering the New by Reviewing the Old": Rereading Lu Xun's *Wild Grass* through "Talking to Oneself" and the Perspective of the Past)', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan 鲁迅研究月刊 (Lu Xun Research Monthly), 436, pp. 4 - 14
,2018, 'Fresh Ghosts-Walkabout in Australia with Lu Xun', Studia Orientalia Slovaca, 17, pp. 73 - 92
,2018, 'Takeuchi's Lu Xun - China's Takeuchi', Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia, 49, pp. 1 - 25, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=756975847905434;res=IELHSS
,2018, 'The Diaspora and the Nation: a Cultural Poetics of Re-membering in Lai Shengchuan's Taiwan Trilogy', Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese, 15, pp. 157 - 180
,2017, '“Guanyu Lu Xun Zaoqi Wenyan lunwen de Haiwai Xueshu Fanying” (“Concerning Scholarly Evaluations in the West and Japan of Lu Xun’s Early Classical-style Essays”)', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan, 421, pp. 4 - 26
,2016, 'Lu Xun bu Yuanhua, Ta dui Women Jiang Zhenxin Hua (On Lu Xun's Lack of Rhetorical Guile and Frankness of Exposition in Style)', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan, 2017, pp. 81 - 85
,2016, 'On the Critical Reception of Lu Xun’s Early Classical-style Essays of the Japan Period', Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture, 3, pp. 357 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/23290048-3713851
,2016, 'On China’s Cultural Transformation: a Response to Professor Yu Keping', Sydney Democracy Network, http://sydneydemocracynetwork.org/article-chinas-cultural-transformation/
,2016, 'Xin Shiji yilai Lu Xun zai Yingyu Shijie de Yingxiang yu Chuanbo (Lu Xun’s influence and dissemination in the English-speaking world in the present century)', Guxiang 故乡, pp. 31 - 33
,2015, 'Collisions of the Past with the Present: Translation, Texts and History', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 9, pp. 582 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s010-004-015-0033-1
,2015, 'Guowai Hanxue de Weiji: yu Aodaliya Hanxuejia Kou Zhiming de duihua (Challenges Facing the Advancement of Chinese Studies Overseas: an interview with Australian Sinologist Jon Eugene von Kowallis)', Guoji Hanxue / International Sinology, 5, pp. 11 - 16
,2015, 'Henan zazhi: Lu Xun zaoqi wenyan lunwen de lishi, sixiang beijing, yiji Zhou shi xiongdi xinmu zhong wenxue de shiming (The journal Henan: its history, intellectual background, and the Zhou brothers' idea of the 'mission' of literature)', Xiandai Zhongwen Xuekan (Journal of Modern Chinese Literature), 38, pp. 56 - 65
,2015, ''Modern Archaics': A New Look at the Poets of the 'Old Schools' and their Successors', Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, pp. 1 - 20, http://u.osu.edu/mclc/book-reviews/kowallis2
,2015, 'Lu Xun zaoqi wenyan lunwen li suo tansuo de xin wenhua (The 'New Culture' formulated in Lu Xun's early classical-style essays)', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan (Lu Xun Research Monthly), 400, pp. 4 - 10
,2015, 'C.T. Hsia in the Memory of a Columbia College Undergraduate Student', Chinese Literature Today, 4
,2015, 'The Chinese Prose Poem: a Study of Lu Xun's Wild Grass (Yecao)', Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews, 36, pp. 219 - 224
,2014, 'Literary Remains: Death, Trauma, and Lu Xun's Refusal to Mourn', JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 73, pp. 581 - 587, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342234800004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Lu Xun's Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence', JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 73, pp. 581 - 587, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342234800003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Memory, Violence, Queues: Lu Xun Interprets China', JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 73, pp. 581 - 587, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342234800002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'C. T. Hsia in the Memory of a Columbia College Undergraduate Student', Chinese Literature Today, 4, http://www.ou.edu/clt/04-01/jon-eugene-von-kowallis.html
,2014, 'Lu Xun on Our Minds: The Post-Socialist Reappraisal; Chou, Memory, Violence, Queues: Lu Xun Interprets China; Davies, Lu Xun's Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence; Cheng, Literary Remains: Death, Trauma, and Lu Xun's Refusal to Mourn', The Journal of Asian Studies, 73, pp. 581 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021911814000515
,2014, 'The Lu Xun of Western Sinologists? Pierre Ryckmans, Simon Leys, Rene Leys, and the 'Aestheticization' of Lu Xun', Studia Orientalia Slovaca, 13, pp. 279 - 297
,2013, 'Late-Qing Living Texts: Zhang Taiyan and Lu Xun', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 7
,2013, '“Yinwei Lu Xun de shu hai shi hao mai”: Guanyu Lu Xun xiaoshuo de Yingwen fanyi (“Because Lu Xun’s Works Still Sell Well”)', Lu Xun yanjiu Yuekan, 370, pp. 38 - 50, http://www.airitilibrary.com/
,2013, 'Lu Xun’s Early Essays and Present-Day China', Studia Orientalia Slovaca II, 12, pp. 1301 - 1313, https://fphil.uniba.sk/fileadmin/fif/katedry_pracoviska/kvas/SOS_12_1/Kowallis.pdf
,2013, 'Translating Lu Xun’s Mara: determining the ‘source’ text, the ‘spirit’ versus ‘letter’ dilemma and other philosophical conundrums', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 7, pp. 422 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s010-002-013-0024-3
,2012, 'Gen Lu Xun Paihuai zai Aozhou: Dangdai Aozhou Geju ‘Xin Gui’ ji Aozhou meiti de fanying (A Walkabout with Lu Xun in Australia: the Modern Australian Opera ‘Fresh Ghosts’ and the Australian Media’s Reaction)', Lu Xun yanjiu Yuekan, 364, pp. 28 - 36
,2012, 'Lu Xun's classical-style poetry and the 1911 revolution', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 6, pp. 317 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.3868/s010-001-012-0019-7
,2012, 'Lu Xun’s Classical-style Poetry and the 1911 Revolution', Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 6, pp. 112 - 130
,2012, 'On Translating Lu Xun’s Fiction', Studia Orientalia Slovaca II, 2, pp. 193 - 213
,2010, 'Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange Alexander C. Y. Huang New York: Columbia University Press, 2009xi + 350 pp. $26.50; £18.50 ISBN 978-0-231-14849-8', The China Quarterly, 201, pp. 225 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741010000196
,2010, 'The Enigma of Su Xuelin and Lu Xun', Literature & Philosophy, 16, pp. 493 - 527
,2008, 'Translation and Originality: Reexamining Lu Xun as a Translator', Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia, 40, pp. 320 - 333
,2007, 'National Allegory for the 21st Century: The Jameson - Ahmad Debate from the Perspective of Taiwan Literature', Journal of Southwest University for Nationalities, 28, pp. 112 - 119
,2007, 'National Allegory for the Twenty-first Century: revisiting the Jameson/Ahmad debate from the perspective of Taiwanese literature', Xinan Minzu Daxue Xuebao (Zhexue Shehui Kexue Ban)(The Journal of Southwest Nationalities University), 28, pp. 112 - 119
,2006, 'In Commemoration of American Lu Xun Specialist, William Lyell', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan [Lu Xun Research Monthly], 7, pp. 88 - 90
,2006, 'Pavillion in the Diaspora: Framing Diaspora Productions of the Kun Opera Mudanting', Journal of School of Chinese Language and Culture, 4, pp. 52 - 58
,2006, 'Pure words for literature by using classical Chinese in early essay of Lu Xun', Lu Xun Yanjiu Yuekan [Lu Xun Research Monthly], Summer, pp. 215 - 226
,2005, 'Lu Xun: The chinese `Gentle` Nietzsche', China Quarterly, pp. 197 - 199
,