Xiao Jinlong, male, born in Dingxi, Gansu. He holds a Ph.D. in literature. He received his Master’s degree in World Literature from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Normal University in 1989. From 1991 to 1992, he studied at the English and Anthropology Departments of Central Connecticut State University in the United States. In October 1997, he obtained a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature and Theory from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. From 1998 to 2000, he was a Ph.D. student at the Department of French and Comparative Literature at the University of London. In 1999, he was appointed as a professor in the College of Chinese Language and Literature at Northwest Normal University and the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Lanzhou University. He was selected as a “333” and “555” talent for science and technology training projects in Gansu Province. He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Beijing Normal University in 2006. Since 2007, he has been a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Comparative Literature at Nanjing University. From 2011 to 2012, he was a visiting professor at the Artois University (Université d’Artois) in France. His research interests include British literature, Western contemporary literary theory, and criticism.