Bert Scruggs
Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
School of Humanities
School of Humanities
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Irvine
Department of East Asian Studies
Mail Code: 6000
Irvine, CA 92697
Department of East Asian Studies
Mail Code: 6000
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Chinese fiction (xiaoshuo)
Publications
Monographs
(2015) Translingual Narration: Colonial and Postcolonial Taiwanese Fiction and Film. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
(2020) “The Crises of Representation in Taiwan in Ruins and Ground Zero.” National Taiwan University Studies in Taiwan Literature. No. 24, 83-112.
(2014) “Landscapes and Sublime Memories: Revisiting Liang Xiaosheng's ‘A Land of Wonder and Mystery.’” Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 8.4, 513-531.
(2013) “The Postcolonial Appearance of Colonial Taiwan: Film and Memory.” Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 7.2, 194-213.
(2006) “Narratives of Discomfort and Ideology: Yang Kui’s Short Fiction and Postcolonial Taiwan Orthodox Boundaries.” Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, 14.2, 427-447.
(2004) “Identity and Free Will in Colonial Taiwan Fiction: Wu Zhuoliu’s ‘The Doctor’s Mother’ and Wang Changxiong’s ‘Torrent.’” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, 16.2, 160-183.
(2015) Translingual Narration: Colonial and Postcolonial Taiwanese Fiction and Film. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
(2020) “The Crises of Representation in Taiwan in Ruins and Ground Zero.” National Taiwan University Studies in Taiwan Literature. No. 24, 83-112.
(2014) “Landscapes and Sublime Memories: Revisiting Liang Xiaosheng's ‘A Land of Wonder and Mystery.’” Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 8.4, 513-531.
(2013) “The Postcolonial Appearance of Colonial Taiwan: Film and Memory.” Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 7.2, 194-213.
(2006) “Narratives of Discomfort and Ideology: Yang Kui’s Short Fiction and Postcolonial Taiwan Orthodox Boundaries.” Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, 14.2, 427-447.
(2004) “Identity and Free Will in Colonial Taiwan Fiction: Wu Zhuoliu’s ‘The Doctor’s Mother’ and Wang Changxiong’s ‘Torrent.’” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, 16.2, 160-183.
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Last updated
12/27/2025
12/27/2025