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Dr. Tschanz's main areas of research include traditional Chinese drama and theater, late Ming cultural and literary history, and modern intercultural theater. He has also published papers on contemporary Chinese literature and comparative poetics. Currently, he is working on articles relating to late Qing and early Republican period drama/theater societies, early Chinese translations of Western plays, and the print culture of early 20th century Cantonese prosimetric literature.
In the last few years, he has been closely involved in developing curricula both at the graduate and undergraduate level. At the graduate level, he has assisted in developing the curriculum for the Rutgers Master of Arts for Teachers (M.A.T.) in Chinese and has served as director of the program since 2008. At the undergraduate level, he has assisted in developing the curriculum for Chinese Studies (170), an interdisciplinary program with major focus on contemporary China.
In addition to courses on Chinese literature and culture, he also regularly teaches courses on traditional and modern East Asia in the Rutgers Asian Studies program (098) and East Asian Languages and Area Studies program (214). In Spring 2012, he will be teaching “Global East Asia” (01:098/214:245), one of five Signature Courses specifically designed to engage first-year students in topics of broad intellectual sweep and enduring importance.
He is also the author of an unpublished manuscript titled “Ein illegitimes Genre: zu den Auseinandersetzungen um die fiktionale Literatur in niederer Literatursprache im vormodernrn China, 1550-1750: eine Dokumentation” Zürich: Philosophische Fakultät I der Universität Zürich, 1990.
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