Introduction

In order to adapt to the new situation and fast development of foreign languages & cultures research, our university set up her foreign languages & cultures research institute in the neighborhood of ten years ago. Taking the cultures research as its guide, and the "combination cross-cultural communication with English education" as its goal, the Institute is a comprehensive research institution which takes a monographic study on certain subjects, such as foreign literature, linguistics, translation, teaching methodology and so on. The researchers mainly study the deep structure of culture, which is regarded as its principal line. With interdisciplinary and comparative study methods, we make use of a brand new perspective to inspect foreign language literature phenomena, changing the isolate study method of traditional single discipline. In this way, the foreign languages & cultures research will make breakthroughs not only in the form but also in the content.

Over the years, thanks to the painstaking efforts made by professors such as Yang Zijian, Zhang Delu, Lin Shaohua, Li Qingxiang, Yang Lianrui, Liu Rushan, Li Longhai, Luo Shunjiang and Deng Hongfeng, the Institute has made certain relevant research achievements. However, it is far from being sufficient.

In coming years, the Institute will spare no efforts to develop scientific research collaboration and expand the channels of self-raised funds. In terms of scientific research, she will focus on far-reaching hit products, putting emphasis on the writing and publication work of series of books. It will undoubtedly provide publication chances for young teachers, Ph.D candidates and postgraduates, encouraging more researchers to publish academic papers on core periodicals. What’s more, it will also contribute a lot to the discipline construction such as expanding subject range.