Lei Sun

PhD holder, 

professor, 

 master's degree supervisor.

Associate Dean, Russian Department, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology and Information, Karamay Campus, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Education Background:

2006.09-2010.06 Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Literature, Sichuan University

2008.10-2009.07 Studied Russian Language and Literature at Kuban State University, Russia (State-sponsored Study)

2010.09-2013.06 Master of Arts in Russian Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University

2013.09-2016.06 PhD in Russian Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University

2014.09-2015.02 Studied Russian Language and Literature at Gorky Literary Institute, Moscow, Russia (State-sponsored Study)

Work Experience:

2016.07-2022.09, Teacher, Russian Department, Beijing Foreign Studies University;

2022.06-Present, Executive Dean, Tianshan Research Institute

2022.09-Present, Associate Dean, Russian Department, Beijing Foreign Studies University

2022.10-Present, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology and Information, Karamay Campus, China University of Petroleum (Beijing) (Supporting Xinjiang)

Courses Taught:

Graduate Courses:

1. "Trends and Schools of Russian Literature in the 20th Century"

2. "Russian and Western Literary Theory"

Undergraduate Courses:

1. "Basic Russian (1)"

2. "Basic Russian (2)"

3. "Basic Russian (3)"

4. "Basic Russian (4)"

5. "Basic Russian II (Lower)"

6. "Advanced Russian (III)"

7. "Basic Russian Speaking"

8. "Basic Russian Speaking (1)"

9. "Basic Russian Speaking (2)"

10. "Basic Russian Speaking (3)"

11. "Basic Russian Speaking (4)"

12. "Basic Russian Reading (1)"

13. "Basic Russian Listening (1)"

14. "Russian Phonetic Practice"

15. "Russian Reading (III)"

16. "Thesis Writing"

17. "Chinese to Russian Translation"

18. "Interpretation"

19. "Overview of Russia and Five Central Asian Countries (I)"

Research Interests:

Russian Literature and Culture

Research Projects:

1. 2022-2025, The Pluralistic and Integrated Pattern of the Chinese Nation, National Social Science Foundation Project, Principal Investigator;

2. 2021-2023, Research on Veselovsky's Theory of Historical Poetics, Talented Personnel Research Project in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Principal Investigator;

3. 2020-2022, Special Project for Continuous Cooperation and Exchange with Countries in Europe and Asia, Ministry of Education, Principal Investigator of Sub-project;

4. 2017-2018, Research on the Creation of Russian New Generation Writers: Theme and Narrative, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Principal Investigator;

5. 2021-2025, Research on the Global Communication and Recognition of the Image of the Communist Party of China under the Great Changes Unseen in a Century, Major Bidding Project of the National Social Science Foundation, Participant;

6. 2018-2023, Research on the Ideological Evolution of Global Mainstream Media after the Cold War and the Countermeasures of the Concept of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind to Guide International Public Opinion, Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation, Participant.

Representative Monograph:

Sun Lei, "The Narrative Art of the Novel 'Doctor Zhivago'", Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, December 2019.

Representative Papers

1. Sun Lei. Key Terms in Western Literary Theory: "Historio-Poetics" [J]. Foreign Literatures, 2021(03): 105-117.

2. Sun Lei. On the Religious Divine Ethics in "Doctor Zhivago" [J]. Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, 2019(03): 71-85.

3. Sun Lei. The Historical Narrative of Russian "New Generation" Writers - Taking Snegiryov's novella "The Enemy Among Friends" as an example [J]. Foreign Literatures, 2018(01): 34-41.

4. Sun Lei. On the Narrative Perspective and Its Aesthetic Function in "Doctor Zhivago" [J]. Chinese Russian Language Teaching, 2018, 37(02): 83-92.

5. Sun Lei. Key Terms in Western Literary Theory: "Carnivalization" [J]. Foreign Literatures, 2018(03): 94-104.

6. Sun Lei. On the Spatial Narrative Structure of "Nodal Points" in "Doctor Zhivago" [J]. Foreign Literatures, 2018(04): 134-142+157.

7. Sun Lei. Phonological, Lexical, and Rhetorical Features of Pushkin's "Elegy" [J]. Russian Literature and Art, 2015(02): 117-121.

8. Sun Lei. The Role and Function of the Narrator in "Doctor Zhivago" [J]. Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages, 2015, 38(02): 150-156.

9. Sun Lei. The Dialogue Forms in "Doctor Zhivago" [J]. Foreign Literatures, 2014(06): 72-78+158.

10. Sun Lei. Metaphorical Writing of Malformed Politics - A Review of Slavnikova's Novel "The Immortal" [J]. Foreign Literatures, 2012(03): 19-24+157.

Major Honors and Awards:

1. In September 2022, awarded the Beijing Foreign Studies University Sino-Intelligence Gardener Award.

2. In May 2021, awarded the 12th Beijing Foreign Studies University Youth May 4th Medal.

3. In December 2020, awarded the title of the Sixth Batch of Tianshan Cultural Celebrities and "Four Batches" Talent (Theoretical Circle) by the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.

4. In January 2016, awarded the second-prize of the Beijing Foreign Studies University Sun Xiandong Academic Innovation Award.

Contact Information

E-mail: sunlei0601@bfsu.edu.cn