Dr Lijun Bi
Assistant lecturer
Lijun completed a four-year BA course at Nanjing Normal University before gaining her MA from Monash University. Her PhD study at the University of Melbourne identified and documented the role of moral-political education in early modern Chinese children’s literature and its link to the nationalist sentiment. Her research interest is mainly in the field of Chinese children’s literature. She is the author of Chinese Children’s Literature in the 20th Century: Its Political and Moral Themes (2010) and has published articles on the social role of children’s books in China.
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Qualifications
Ph.D. (University of Melbourne)
M.A. (Monash University)
B.A. (Nanjing Normal University, China)
Contact details
| Room | S528, Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus |
| Phone | (03) 9905 8132 (international 61 3 9905 8132) |
| lijun.bi@monash.edu | |
| Fax | (03) 9905 5437 (international: 61 3 9905 5437) |
| Mailing Address |
Dr Lijun Bi School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Building 11 Monash University Australia 3800 |
Subjects taught
- CHI1110/4110/5110 Beginning Chinese part 1
- CHI1120/4120/5120 Beginning Chinese part 2
- CHI1210/2210/4210/5210 Intermediate Chinese part 1
- CHI1220/2220/4220/5220 Intermediate Chinese part 2
- CHI1310/2310/3310/4310/5310 Advanced Intermediate Chinese part 1
- CHI1320/2320/3320/4320/5320 Advanced Intermediate Chinese part 2
- CHI1410/2410/4410 Advanced Chinese part 1
- CHI1420/2420/4420 Advanced Chinese part 2
- CHI1470/2470/3470/4470 Chinese for Dialect Speakers part 1
- CHI1480/2480/3480/4480 Chinese for Dialect Speakers part 2
- CHI1030/2030/4030/5030 Chinese 3
- CHI1040/2040/4040/5040 Chinese 4
- CHI1050/2050/3050/4050/5050 Chinese 5
- CHI1060/2060/3060/4060/5060 Chinese 6
- ATS1005/2005/3005 APG4005/5005 Chinese 5
- ATS1006/2006/3006 APG4006/5006 Chinese 6
Publications
Books
Bi, L., 2010, ‘Chinese Children's Literature in the 20th Century’, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
Conference papers
Bi, L., 2008, ‘The militant trend in early patriotic works of modern Chinese children’s literature’, Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of ASAA, Melbourne, Australia, 01/07/2008 - 03/07/2008, Monash University, pp. 1-14.
Journal articles
Bi, L., 2003, ‘Capitalist bears and socialist modernisation: Chinese children’s literature in the post-Mao period’, Children's Literature in Education, vol 34, issue 1, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, USA, pp. 57-73.
Research interests
- Chinese children’s literature
- Political and moral education in China