Stephen H. West
Encyclopedia
Stephen H. West, Ph.D is a sinologist
, philologist
, and translator
.
Dr. West received his Ph.D from the University of Michigan. He formerly taught at University of California, Berkeley
where he held the position of Professor of Chinese, in the Department of East Asian Languages, and also served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Board of Chinese Language Studies.
Dr. West is currently a Professor of Chinese and served as head of the Chinese department at Arizona State University
, in Tempe, Arizona, where he teaches classes on classical Chinese and Chinese culture.
Sinology
Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China, but, especially in the American academic context, refers more strictly to the study of classical language and literature, and the philological approach...
, philologist
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
, and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
.
Dr. West received his Ph.D from the University of Michigan. He formerly taught at University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
where he held the position of Professor of Chinese, in the Department of East Asian Languages, and also served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Board of Chinese Language Studies.
Dr. West is currently a Professor of Chinese and served as head of the Chinese department at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
, in Tempe, Arizona, where he teaches classes on classical Chinese and Chinese culture.
English Publications
- Vaudeville and Narrative: Aspects of Chin Theater. Münchener Ostasiatische Studien. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1977
- China, 1976. (With other authors). Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1978.
- Chinese Theater 1100-1450: A Source Book. (With Wilt Idema) Münchener Ostasiatische Studien. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982.
- The Moon and the Zither: Wang Shifu's Story of the Western Wing. (With Wilt Idema). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.
- The Story of the Western Wing. (With Wilt Idema). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. (Rev. ed. of Moon and the Zither).