Faculty

I specialize in twentieth-century British and Irish modernism, modernism, the environmental humanities, and postcolonial and queer studies. I obtained my MA and PhD from the University of Victoria.

MA and PhD (University of Victoria)

MSA (Modernist Studies Association)
MLA (Modern Language Association)

Fostering student agency has been the guiding philosophy for my specific approaches to teaching English literature and academic writing courses at UFV. My major teaching goal is to create an intellectually rigorous and socially equitable space for students to hone their analytic skills, take initiative in their learning process, and most importantly, find the confidence to test new ideas and engage with different perspectives.

Twentieth-century British and Irish literature, modernism, environmental humanities, critical theory, science fiction, introduction to literature, academic writing.

Courses taught

• ENGL 341 Topics in Contemporary British and Irish Studies
• ENGL 340 British and Irish Poetry Since 1930
• ENGL 339 British and Irish Fiction Since 1930
• ENGL 338 Studies in Modernism
• ENGL 200 Introduction to Literary Critical Methods
• ENGL 170G Contemporary Sci-Fi
• ENGL 108 Introduction to Literature
• ENGL 105 Academic Writing

My research interests include twentieth-century British and Irish literature, modernism, environmental humanities, and postcolonial and queer studies. My current project investigates the relationship between literary form and historical experience in twentieth-century British novel series. I am also planning a new project that focuses on interwar British fiction and energy infrastructure.

• Tang, Yan. “Politics of Form: Who Is Mrs Moffat” (“Form and Politics” roundtable), MSA October 2023, Brooklyn.
  
  
• Tang, Yan. “Modernist Forms, Textual Environments, and Energy Infrastructure” (“Modernism and Its Environments” seminar), MSA October 2023, Brooklyn.
  
  
• Tang, Yan. “Aesthetic Infrastructure and Interwar Energy Regimes,” seminar paper at MSA 2022 Spring Virtual conference (“Modernist Emo” seminar).

• Tang, Yan. “Modernism, Critical Theory, and Affect Theory Avant La Lettre.” Modernism, Theory, and Responsible Reading: A Critical Conversation, edited by Stephen Ross, Bloomsbury, 2022, pp. 59-77.
  
  
• Tang, Yan. “Atmospheric Violence: Samuel Beckett’s Aesthetics of Respiration.” LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory, vol. 30, no. 2, 2019, pp. 103-119.
  
  
• Tang, Yan. “The Politics of Naming.” Modernism/modernity print plus, 7 February 2019. https://modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/responses-special-issue-weak-theory-part-i