Pietro Giordan
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
Associate Professor
Office: Founders College, 133
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 66918
Email: giordanp@yorku.ca
Accepting New Graduate Students
Professor Pietro Giordan researches on modern and contemporary, Chinese literature and film, and on comparative literature and culture. He is the author of a study on Shen Congwen's fiction (Yunnan University Press, 2013). His current main project is a monograph on Wang Xiaobo.
Professor Pietro Giordan researches on modern and contemporary, Chinese fiction, drama, and cinema, as well on comparative literature and culture. In his work he uses an interdisciplinary approach and is committed to improve the mutual understanding and collaboration among scholars from different cultural and geo-political backgrounds. He is the author of a study on Shen Congwen's fiction (Yunnan University Press, 2013), and contributed scholarly articles to journals such as 文学评论-Literary Review and 中国学术-China Scholarship. His current main project is a monograph on Wang Xiaobo.
In his classes he talks about how, when compared to other more « scientific »disciplines, literature and film can suggest different truths about a given cultural context; or about the strategies through which a reader can try to make sense of a text. He also discusses how to look at every culture not so much as a given, but as something in becoming.
He served as Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, where he also coordinated the Chinese Section for many years. He is also a member of the East Asian Studies Program and served as its Coordinator. He organized and co-chaired various conferences at York.
Degrees
PhD, Université de MontréalLaurea, Universit:a degli Studi -Venezia
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CH3790 6.0 | A | Contemporary Chinese Culture | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CH3790 6.0 | A | Contemporary Chinese Culture | SEMR |
Professor Pietro Giordan researches on modern and contemporary, Chinese literature and film, and on comparative literature and culture. He is the author of a study on Shen Congwen's fiction (Yunnan University Press, 2013). His current main project is a monograph on Wang Xiaobo.
Professor Pietro Giordan researches on modern and contemporary, Chinese fiction, drama, and cinema, as well on comparative literature and culture. In his work he uses an interdisciplinary approach and is committed to improve the mutual understanding and collaboration among scholars from different cultural and geo-political backgrounds. He is the author of a study on Shen Congwen's fiction (Yunnan University Press, 2013), and contributed scholarly articles to journals such as 文学评论-Literary Review and 中国学术-China Scholarship. His current main project is a monograph on Wang Xiaobo.
In his classes he talks about how, when compared to other more « scientific »disciplines, literature and film can suggest different truths about a given cultural context; or about the strategies through which a reader can try to make sense of a text. He also discusses how to look at every culture not so much as a given, but as something in becoming.
He served as Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, where he also coordinated the Chinese Section for many years. He is also a member of the East Asian Studies Program and served as its Coordinator. He organized and co-chaired various conferences at York.
Degrees
PhD, Université de MontréalLaurea, Universit:a degli Studi -Venezia
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CH3790 6.0 | A | Contemporary Chinese Culture | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CH3790 6.0 | A | Contemporary Chinese Culture | SEMR |