Zhang Yingyin 张颖茵

Education:
B.A, Jinan University
M.A, National University of Singapore

Research Interests:
Popular Fiction; Modern Chinese Literature; Dialect Writing; Lingnan Culture

Self-Introduction:
I come from Foshan, Guangdong, and was born in 2001. My research interests focus on modern popular fiction, Lingnan cultural studies, and Cantonese dialect writing.

Thesis Advisor: Dr Chan Cheow Thia

Thesis Title: Narrative Adaptation and Cantonese Writing: A Study of Post-War Popular Texts on the Stories of Can Mung Gat (tentative)

Thesis Research Area:
This paper discusses the pulp fiction centered on the stories of Can Mung Gat, which gained popularity in the post-war Republican period and circulated throughout Cantonese cultural spheres worldwide. By undertaking a systematic literary and cultural inquiry into these texts, I aim to contribute to broader debates on Lingnan culture and Cantonese dialect writing.