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Dominic Cheung

Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Email dcheung@usc.edu Office THH 356T Office Phone (213) 740-3708

Research & Practice Areas

modern and classical Chinese literature, Chinese cultural studies and art

Education

  • Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Washington, 1/1974
  • M.A. English, Brigham Young University, 1/1969
  • B.A. English Literature, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 1/1966

  • Summary Statement of Research Interests

    Professor Cheung researches East-West literary relations, visual culture, comparative poetics and contemporary Chinese literature. Under the pseudonym Chang Ts’o(Zhang Cuo), he is also a professional poet who has published 18 collections of modern poetry in Chinese.

    Research Keywords

    modern and classical Chinese literature, Chinese cultural studies and art

  • Conference Presentations

    • “Lyricism and Realism: The Major Trends of Development in Modern Chinese Poetry” , “Chinese Literature from the 20th to the 21st Century: A Retrospect and A Speculation”Talk/Oral Presentation, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Invited, Hong Kong, 2006-2007

  • Book

    • Cheung, D. C. (2014). Chinoiserie and China Trade. pp. 191 pages. Taipei,: The Artists Publisher.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2012). Authenticating Art by Styles. pp. 240 pages. Taipei, Taiwan: Artists Publisher.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2010). A Heart for Porcelain–from Monochrome Wares to Famille Rose. pp. 191. Taipei,: The Artist Publisher.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2008). As Grandiose as the Ru Wares–Essays on Chinese Bronze, Porcelain and Paintings. 978-986-6565-05-2 pp. 191. Taipei: The Artist Publisher.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2008). In Search of Chang-an—A Cultural Travelogue. pp. 179. Taipei: San-Min Publishing Company.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2006). From Steppes to the Central Regions: A Study of Mongolian Trousses. pp. 191 pages. Taipei: Tongshan Press.
    • Cheung, D. C., Ueda, translator, T. (2006). A Song of Gaze (poetry in Japanese translation). 4-7837-2870-4 pp. 173 pages. Tokyo: Shishosha Press.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2002). The Exiles and Native Sons: Modern Short Stories from Taiwan. Taipei: National Translation Center.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2000). Drifting (Selected Poems in English translation). Kobenhaven and Los Angeles: Green Integer Press.
    • Cheung, D. C. (1987). The Isle Full of Noises: Modern Chinese Poetry from Taiwan. New York: Columbia University Press.

    Book Chapter

    • (2007). Essential Regrets:The Tragic Consciousness in Three Kingdoms. pp. 15-26.State University of New York Press.

    Journal Article

    • Cheung, D. C. (2013). “The Cultural Vision of Pith-Paper Paintings” . No.11 pp. pp.135-139. Hong Kong: New Perspectives in Chinese Culture.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2012). “Nautilus Cups and Tavern Maids—A Study of the Material Culture in Tang Wine Drinking and Its Foreign Influences”. no.1&2 pp. 121-142. Hong Kong University: Journal of Oriental Studies. Vol. vol.45 (no.1&2),
    • Cheung, D. C. (2011). ” Kendi and Kundika from China and Southeast Asia”. Taipei, Taiwan: The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2010). The Wu School and Garden Painting Albums—Shen Zhou’s East Village Album and Wen Jingming’s Clumsy Politics Garden Album”. 327 pp. 74-85. Taipei,: The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2010). ” Mundane Landscapes — Cultural Content of the Chinese Gardens”. 322 pp. 108-117. Taipei: The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art,.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2008). Five Dynasties, or Song-Liao? A Reconsideration of the Two Anonymous Paintings —-“Deer in the Autumnal Woods” and “Fawns in a Red Maple Forest”.. 306 pp. 14-27. Taipei: The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2007). “Modules Determine Style: Study of 14th Century Yuan Blue and White Porcelains in the Tokapu Palace (Istanbul) and the Ardebil Shrine (Tehran)”. 291 pp. pp. 20-29. Taipei: The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2006). “Diaspora and Military Personnel Village Writers in Taiwan”. pp. 49-63. Shanghai: Comparative Literature in China. Vol. 4,
    • Cheung, D. C. (2006). “Textualizing the Visual: One Mirror or Five Mirrors—A Study of “An Ancient Mirror” in Tang Chuanqi genre”. 277 pp. 80-91. Taipei: The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2005). “The Development of the Sabres and Bows in Chinese Armory and Culture”. 147 pp. 56-67. Taipei: Bulletin of the National Museum of History.

    Magazine/Trade Publication

    • Cheung, D. C. (2013). “Buddhist or Islamic? The Origin of Kendi and their Trade Regions” July, 2013, Hong, Kong,. no.571 pp. pp.55-60. Hong Kong: Ming Pao Monthly.
    • Cheung, D. C. (2012). “Glass Eye Beads—from the Warring States to Sui-Tang China” , an article in 3 parts. Taipei: Art Collection +Design. Vol. July, August, Sept issues,

    Proceedings

    • Cheung, D. C. (2007). “Lyricism and Realism: The Major Trends of Development in Modern Chinese Poetry”. 978-9628930-814 pp. 251-265. Hong Kong/Hong Kong Arts Development Council: The Destiny of History: Modern Chinese Literature.
    • Clovers–Poetry Collection, A collection of 43 poems published by the Bookman Publishers, Taipei, 2011-2012
    • Alpha Lambda Delta Certificate of Appreciation, 2009-2010