Hailin Wang

Personal information

First name

Hailin

Last name

Wang

Institutional affiliation

I have just obtained my master's degree from University of Tuebingen, and currently am applying for a PhD.

Narratological interest

I have a keen interest in experimental literature and narratology—particularly cognitive narratology—and I intend to further explore these areas during my doctoral studies. Throughout my graduate studies, I have consistently engaged with these topics. I previously wrote a term paper on Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, titled "The Convergence of Trauma and Metafiction Challenges the Traditional Mimetic Representations of Reality." My master’s thesis also centers on (unnatural) narratology, focusing on Christine Brooke-Rose’s Life, End Of. I presented part of this research at the Narrative Conference. In the thesis, I examine how experimental narrative techniques disrupt conventional storytelling to directly convey the protagonist’s end-of-life qualia, thereby engaging the reader’s embodied imagination. The novel’s meaning emerges through the dynamic interaction between the text’s experientiality and the reader’s response.

Country

Germany