Department of Applied Foreign Languages
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST)
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Education
- PhD program in English and American Literatures (The University of Nebraska- Lincoln 1983-1995)
- M.A. English Literature Section, Graduate Program of the Graduate school of Western Languages and Literatures, Chinese Culture University (1981)
- MA English and American Literature Section, The English Research Institute, National Taiwan Normal University (1971-75)
- B.A. English Section, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Tamkang College of Arts
Awards and Honors
- 1984-85 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Regent's Fellowship for Graduate Study
- 1980-81 Tung Institute of Technology, Award for Teaching Excellence from
the Ministry of Education
Professional Experience
- Instructor of English, Chinese Culture University, 1981-87.
- Instructor of English, Tung Nan College of Technology, 1980-81.
- Instructor of English, Ta Hwa College of Technology, 1973-1978.
- Editor Da-Hai Book Company, Taipei (1989-91)
- Editor Far East Book Company, Taipei, One of the editors for
The Far East Chinese-English Dictionary (enlarged edition) by Editor
in Chief Deng Lo-Ran (1988-91) - Proofreader, The Far East English-Chinese Dictionary.
Editor in Chief Liang Shih-Chiu
Taipei: Far East Book Company, 1963-1978.. - Translator (English to Chinese and vice versa)
Time at NTUST
- Since 1987 (part-time) and 1988 (full-time).
- Classes include
- Freshman English
- Junior English
- Select Readings of Western Literary Masterpieces (1995-97)
- Writing; Literature and Life
- English Translation & Practice (1996-98)
- Advanced English for graduate students (1989-91)
- Freshman English
Current Research
- An archetypal Approach to Graham Greene
- An Archetypal Approach to Chinese Tragedies
- An Archetypal Approach to Graham Greenes major novels, William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau (American Renaissance)
Courses Taught
- Literature and Life
- English Writing
- Junior English
- Freshman English
- Listening and Speaking Drills
Select Publications
- Hsieh, Wennan. "The Hero Archetype in Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter, and A Burnt-out Case." STUDIES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARTURE英語語言與文學學刊, (NTUST) No.4,1998:73-81
- Hsieh, Wennan. "The Conflict between Good and Evil in Beowulf: A Christian Perspective," STUDIES IN ENGLISHLANGUAGE AND LITERARTURE英語語言與文學學刊, No.2, NTUST, 1997:153-60.
- Hsieh, Wennan. "Roland Barthes' Semiological Approach to Literature," STUDIES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERARTURE英語語言與文學學刊, No.1, Taipei: Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST),1996:13-21
- Hsieh, Wennan. "F.O.Matthiessen's Hawthorne's Psychology: the Acceptance of Good and Evil," Echo, No.9, Department of English (CCU),1988:1-4.
- Hsieh, Wennan. "A Comparative Study of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Wu Cheng-en's Journeyto the West," No.1,Ta-Hua Journal, Hsinchu: Ta-Hua College of Technology ,1975: 91-108.
- Hsieh, Wennan. "The Quest for Ideal, Self, & Truth: the Hope in Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville," Echo, No.7, Department of English, Chinese Culture University (CCU),1986: 43-47.
- Hsieh, Wennan. "A Comparative Study of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Wu Cheng-en's Journey to the West," No.1,Ta-Hua Journal, Hsinchu: Ta-Hua College of Technology ,1975: 91-108.
Essay for Seminar
- Hsieh, Wennan. "Good and Evil: Christianity in Beowulf," ROC Collection of English and American Literature Seminar,No.2. Ed. By Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,National Cheng Kung University. Taipei: Bookman , pp.435-451 (1987)
Other Publications
- Hsieh, Wennan. An Archetypal Approach to Graham Greene's Three Major Novels: The Power and the Glory, The Heart of Matter, and a Burnt-Out Case. Taipei: The Chinese Culture University Press (1981).
- Wennan Hsieh,”English Usage” Chinese-English Weekly(1982-1987),Taipei
- Wennan Hsie,”Selection of English Idioms” Chinese-English Weekly(1987-1988),Taipei
- Hsieh, Wennan ed., Modern English Reader for College Students. Taipei: Ta-Hai Book Company (1989).
- Hsieh, Wennan ed.,Three Tapes of Modern English Reader for College Students. Supervised by Chang Chin-Sheng. Recorded by Patrick & Carmella. Taipei:Ta-Hai Book Company, 1990.
- Hsieh, Wennan Trans. Modern English Reader for College Students. Taipei: Ta-Hai Book Company (1989).
- Deng, Lo-ran, Hsieh Wennan, Chang Chin-Sheng, Fang Kuo-Sheng, & Cheng Ming-Jher eds.? "Far East Chinese-English Dictionary (Enlarged edition)” Taipei: Far East Book Company, 1991
- Wennan Hsieh. "The Origin of Western Literature: Three Characteristics of Three Traditions.” Engineering Letters. No. 1. Taipei: NTUST (2000)
- Wennan Hsieh. "Selected Western Proverbs” Engineering Letters. No.3.Taipei: NTUST (2001)
- Wennan Hsieh. "A Brief Introduction to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick: The White Whale: Chinese-English” Engineering Letters. No.3Taipei: NTUST (2002).
Contact Information
- one: 011-886-2-2-737-6276
- E-mail: whsieh@mail.ntust.edu.tw
- Homepage: http://homepage.ntust.edu.tw/whsieh
