Literary ethical criticism, British and American novels and poems, comparative literature and literary criticism

At present, he is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Literature of Huazhong Normal University, the host of the national excellent course "History of Foreign Literature", the director of the Institute of British and American Literature and Comparative Literature, and the research of foreign literature (A & amp； HCI) magazine editor-in-chief, editor-in-chief of World Literature Review series, at the same time,

He is the chief expert (No.1) in the history of foreign literature of the Ministry of Education of Central Marxist Theory Research and Construction Engineering, the judge of foreign literature subject of the National Philosophy and Social Science Program (Fund), the vice president of China Foreign Literature Society, the president of Hubei Foreign Literature Society, and the vice president of China-based international academic organization. His main research fields are literary criticism, British and American novels, English poetry and comparative literature.

In English literature, his main academic achievement in Hardy's research, The Sorrow and Resolute Artist: A Study of Thomas Hardy's Novels, won the second prize of the first national outstanding achievement in humanities and social sciences in colleges and universities. In the study of English poetry, his Introduction to English Poetry Forms is the most systematic and comprehensive academic achievement in the study of English poetry rhythm in China. In 2009, he won the second prize of the National Outstanding Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education. In literary criticism, Professor Nie creatively developed the method of literary ethical criticism, and was called the founder of China's literary ethical criticism by foreign countries. The academic publication Foreign Literature Research edited by him won A &；; The inclusion of HCI has achieved zero breakthrough in the international core database of academic journals of humanities in Chinese mainland.