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Anthony C. Yu

Anthony C. Yu, Ph.D.

Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities; Professor, Divinity School, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, English Language and Literature, and Comparative Literature; Committee on Social Thought.

acyu@uchicago.edu

Teaching/Research Interests:

Professor Yu's courses are divided between those offered for the DivinitySchool (in both Religion and Literature and History of Religions) and those for the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Department of Comparative Literature. Research interests center on the comparative study of both literary and religious traditions. The themes and topics of Greek religions and Christian theology have informed his essays on epics (Classical and Renaissance) and tragic dramas of the West. Has also sought to re-interpret classical Chinese narratives and poetry in the light of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. Publications include specific comparisons of Chinese and Western texts, literary and religious histories, and issues of theory and criticism. published with Princeton University Press in 1997: Re-reading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in Hongloumeng.

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