Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

Prof. Fan Sin-piu is the editor of Fresh Poetry. He and Dr. Chan Kit-yee, Prof. Hoyan Hang-fung, and Dr. Tu Chia-chi also write frequently for Su Yeh Literature, which also carries works by many Chinese University students. The works in Hong Kong Literary Monthly come from more diverse sources including south-east Asian writers and writers related in some way to CUHK. Over the past year or so, there has been a proliferation of poetry magazines and poetry writing in the local literary scene. Members of the University are involved in many of these activities. English Creative Wr i t i ng Creative writing is also taught by the Department of English, w i th a focus on Hong Kong's unique cultural background. Chair of the department, Prof. Da v id Parker teaches reading and w r i t i ng short stories, as w e l l as a u t o b i o g r a p h i c a l w r i t i n g. He encourages students to capture their own experience of Hong Kong ， including shifts in self-perception and identity as they move between Cantonese and English, and, in the cases o f immigrants from mainland China, among putonghua or other dialects, Cantonese, and English. The works of such poets as Prof. Andrew Parkin, former chair of the department and emeritus professor of English, and Prof. Louise Ho are reflective of the unique qualities of Hong Kong culture. Prof. Tam Kwok-kan has written about Hong Kong drama and f i l m , and edited a volume of short stories by writers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, and Singapore, translated from Chinese by members of the Department of English. Other members of the department such as Prof. Jane Jackson and Prof. Joseph Boyle have also studied, taught, or written on cultural identity formation in postcolonial Hong Kong, cross-cultural communication, and cultural imperialism i n Hong Kong. Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2001 8