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Office Hours:
M, TH 4:00-5:30
and by appointment
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Weihe Xu
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Associate Professor of Chinese
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Voter Hall 104
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Phone: 802.443.3430
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Email: wxu@middlebury.edu
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Years at Midd: since 2000
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Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
BA: 1978 (English Language and Literature)
MA: 1989 (English and American Literature); 1990 (Chinese and Comparative Literature)
Ph.D: 1999 (Chinese and Comparative Literature)
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Expertise and Research Interests
Vernacular prose fiction of late imperial China, especially the 18th-century masterpiece Honglou meng (The Dream of the Red Chamber, or the Story of the Stone); traditional Chinese conceptions of love, sexuality, and humor; humor theory; and literary humor. Classes Taught
Beginning Chinese (drill sessions)
Beginning Chinese
Intermediate Chinese (team-taught)
Advanced Chinese (Modern Chinese)
Classical Chinese I
Classical Chinese II
Contemporary Social Issues in China: Advanced Reading in Chinese
Senior Seminar on Modern Chinese Fiction in Chinese
Chinese Literary Tradition in Translation
Traditional Chinese Vernacular Fiction in Translation
Love and Sexuality in Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation
Reading Literature