Timothy C. Wong (born 24 January 1941), is a Sinological translator and literary theorist
[ Wang Xiaolu, Huang Zongtai. China and the United States: The Value of Language, Culture, and Difference. Literature and Art Studies. 2009, (9).] of traditional Chinese fictional narratives and the Chinese efforts to Westernize and politicize their modern counterparts into what everyone now equates with "
novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...
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List of Sinologists
A list of sinologists around the world, past and present. Sinology is commonly defined as the academic study of China primarily through Chinese language, literature, and history, and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced t ...
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1941 births
Living people
Chinese sinologists
Arizona State University faculty
American people of Chinese descent
Chinese–English translators
Ohio State University faculty
Hong Kong emigrants to the United States
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