David Der-wei Wang

David D.W. Wang
Born (1954-11-06) 6 November 1954
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientific career
Institutions National Taiwan University
Harvard University
University of Columbia
Department of East Asian Language and Civilizations, Harvard University

David Wang Der-wei (variously David Der-wei Wang, D. D. W. Wang, etc.) is a Taiwanese-born American scholar of Chinese literature.

Academic career

David Der-wei Wang
Chinese 王德威[1]

Wang graduated from National Taiwan University in 1976 with a B.A. in foreign languages and literature, and went on to study comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving his M.A. in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1982.[1] He is on the editorial board for the Cambria Sinophone World Series (Cambria Press), headed by Victor H. Mair.

He was named as the head of Columbia University's East Asian Languages and Cultures Department in 1997, where he taught as Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies.[2] In 2000, he succeeded Irene Bloom as chair of the University Committee on Asia and the Middle East.[3] In September 2004, Harvard University named him Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures.[4]

Works

  • Wang, David Der-wei (1997), Fin-de-Siecle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911, Stanford: Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-2845-3 . The first full-length English language survey of late Qing Dynasty fiction, it has been praised as a major contribution to scholarship on the fiction of the era.[5]
  • Wang, David Der-wei (2004), The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-23873-7 . Reflections on violence in Chinese fiction and real-world history, covering famous writers such as Lu Xun and Mao Dun as well as less-well-known ones from mainland China and Taiwan.[6][7]
  • Wang, Der-wei (2005), 《如此繁華：王德威自選集》 [Urban Splendor: Selected Writings of Wang Der-wei] (in Chinese), Hong Kong: Cosmos Books, ISBN 988-211-140-8 . A collection of essays discussing the history of modern literary creation in three cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Taipei.[8]
  • Fictional Realism in Twentieth-Century China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen

References

  1. 1 2 《王德威資料》 [Wang Der-wei profile], Taipei: Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, retrieved 2008-02-16
  2. ↑ Wang, David Der-Wei (October 2004). The Monster That Is History. University of California Press. p. 416. ISBN 9780520238732.
  3. ↑ Dunlap-Smith, Aimery (2000-01-26), "David Der-Wei Wang Will Head Core Program In Asian Studies", Columbia University News, Columbia University, retrieved 2008-02-18
  4. ↑ "Wang named professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures", Harvard University Gazette, Harvard University, 2004-09-16, retrieved 2008-02-18
  5. ↑ Williams, Philip F.; Wang, David Der-wei (April 1999), "Fin-de-siecle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911. (Review)", The Journal of the American Oriental Society, 119 (2): 371–2, doi:10.2307/606157, JSTOR 606157
  6. ↑ Vlastos, Steven (December 2005), "Book Review: Asia: David Der-wei Wang. The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China", The American Historical Review, 110 (5): 1505, doi:10.1086/ahr.110.5.1504
  7. ↑ Lu, Tonglin (2005), "Book Reviews—China—The Monster That is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China", The Journal of Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press, 64: 461–3, doi:10.1017/S0021911805001063
  8. ↑ "書介：《如此繁華》", Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong, 2005-04-15, retrieved 2008-02-18
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