Dr. CHEUNG Ka-yee Marjorie
Senior Lecturer
 
PhD in English Literature (Investigating John Ruskin’s linguistic strategies to describe visual phenomena),
University of Sheffield, UK
MPhil in English Studies, University of Hong Kong
BA(Hons) in English Studies, University of Hong Kong
 
Courses Taught
English Writing
English Usage
English Skills II
Introduction to Literature
Critical Analysis of Drama 
Contemporary Literature 
Women's Writing and Feminist Readings
Cultural Exploration in Hong Kong 
 
Research Interests
Stylistics and literary linguistics
Cognitive stylistics and trauma studies
Neurodivergent representations in literature
Contemporary literature
 
Publications
Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (forthcoming 2025). 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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (2023) ‘Changing Times, Steadfast Purpose: The Law Society at 115’ (Anniversary history of The Law Society), published by The Law Society of Hong Kong. 
 
Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee (2009). Review of Literature, Metaphor, and the Foreign Language Learner by Jonathan D. Picken, in Language and Literature, 18 (4), pp. 388-390.
 
Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (2025). 'Reclaiming spaces: Trauma and resistance in Karen Cheung's The Impossible City'. Beyond Trauma Conference. Nice, France.

 

Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (2024). 'The Discomfort of Similes: Metaphor and Framing in The Discomfort of Evening’. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Sheffield, UK. 

 

Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (2009). ‘The Development of Austen’s Visual Style: Northanger Abbey and Sanditon’. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Middelburg, Netherlands.

 

Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (2008) ‘Metaphors Through Time: John Ruskin as a Case Study. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Sheffield, UK.

 

Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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, Marjorie Ka-yee. (2006). ‘John Ruskin and the Sister Arts Tradition’. English Departmental Seminar, The University of Hong Kong. 

 

Research Grant

 

Cheung, Marjorie Ka-yee. (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 commissioned 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, 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