Dr. CHEUNG Ka-yee Marjorie
Senior Lecturer
 
PhD in English Literature, University of Sheffield, UK
MPhil in English Studies, University of Hong Kong
BA(Hons) in English Studies, University of Hong Kong
 
Courses Taught
Introduction to Literature
Critical Analysis of Drama 
Contemporary Literature 
Women's Writing and Feminist Readings
Cultural Exploration in Hong Kong 
English Writing
English Usage
English Skills II
 
Research Interests
Stylistics and literary linguistics
Cognitive stylistics and trauma studies
Neurodivergent representations in literature
Contemporary literature
 
Publications
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2026). New Age Healing and the Language of (Pseudo)science: A Rhetorical Case Study of the Works of Joe Dispenza. University of Toronto Quarterly, 95(1). 
 
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2025 forthcoming). Voicing the Unspoken and the Unspeakable: Linguistic Representation of Personal Trauma through a Child Narrator in The Discomfort of Evening. Journal of Literary Semantics, 54(2). 
 
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2025 forthcoming). Book Chapter. ‘Mind style in Klara and the Sun: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to the Representation of Posthuman AI Communication’. In I. Atasoy & H. Tekin (Eds.), Redefining Communication in the Posthuman Age. Maurer Press.
 
Alderson, S.J. and Cheung, M.K.Y. (2023) ‘Changing Times, Steadfast Purpose: The Law Society at 115’ (Anniversary history of The Law Society), published by The Law Society of Hong Kong (香港律師會). 
 
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2014) ‘John Ruskin and the Characterisation of “Word-painting” in the Nineteenth Century’, The Eighth Lamp—Ruskin Studies Today, 9, pp. 62-76.
 
Book Reviews
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2009). Review of Literature, Metaphor, and the Foreign Language Learner by Jonathan D. Picken, in Language and Literature, 18 (4), pp. 388-390.
 
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2009) Review of Metaphor and Iconicity: A Cognitive Approach to Analysing Texts by Masako K. Hiraga, in Language and Literature,18 (1), pp. 81-83.
 
Conference Proceeding
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2004) ‘Iconicity in Literature – A Case Study in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings’ in Proceedings of The 4th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics, Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, pp. 26-31.
 
Conference Presentations
Cheung, M.K.Y. (2025). 'Reclaiming spaces: Trauma and resistance in Karen Cheung's The Impossible City'. Beyond Trauma Conference. Nice, France.

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2024). 'The Discomfort of Similes: Metaphor and Framing in The Discomfort of Evening’. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Sheffield, UK. 

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2021). ‘John Ruskin and the Representation of Colour in Non-Fictional Prose’. International (Zoom) Online Workshop on ‘Colorful Concepts from a Linguistic Point of View’, Ruhr University Bochum.

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2010). ‘Displaying Private Art Works: Ruskin’s Art of Description in Modern Painters’. International Association of Word and Image Studies. Focus Conference – Displaying Word and Image.  Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. 

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2009). ‘The Development of Austen’s Visual Style: Northanger Abbey and Sanditon’. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Middelburg, Netherlands.

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2008) ‘Metaphors Through Time: John Ruskin as a Case Study. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Sheffield, UK.

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2004) ‘Fighting Tolkien’s Monster Critics – A Reassessment of Tolkien’s Literary Style in The Lord of the Rings’. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. New York, U.S.

 

Invited Talks

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2024). New age healing and the language of (Pseudo)science: A rhetorical case study of the works of Joe Dispenza.' Presentation at the Noon Research Forum, Language Center of Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, CHINA.

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2024). Navigating Trauma through Metaphor in Lucas Rijneveld’s The Discomfort of Evening’. English Departmental Seminar, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, CHINA. 

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2006). ‘John Ruskin and the Sister Arts Tradition’. English Departmental Seminar, The University of Hong Kong. 

 

Research Grant

 

Cheung, M.K.Y. (2024). ‘The Discomfort of Similes: Metaphor and Framing in The Discomfort of Evening' (UCG/23/11) University Conference Grant (HK$15,000)

 

Academic Crossover Activities

Government Trainer 

 

Taught a 2-day English course for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) (2025)

 

Casual trainer for Cygnet Communications Limited, teaching commissioned English courses for the Civil Service College to government writers from across the HKSAR Government. Courses taught include ‘Common Errors in Official Writing’ (2022-23) and ‘Effective Writing and Editing Skills for Manager’ (2022-23)

 

Principal Researcher

 

115th-anniversary history of The Law Society of Hong Kong (香港律師會), 2023

 
Service to wider community

 

Adjudicator for the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups-Standard Chartered Hong Kong English Public Speaking Contest 2016-2024

 

Adjudicator for the ‘Story-telling Gala for Primary Schools’ 2015