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November 4, 2004
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Monsters of history
David Der-Wei Wang of the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department writes on modern Chinese history and its interaction with literature. He is particularly interested in the legendary monster Taowu, who defeated his enemies by foreseeing the future, and later lent his name to a type of historical writing that means to chronicle evildoing as a way to avoid repeating humanity's mistakes. (Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office)
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Wang trains a literary lens on history
Scholar examines how literature serves as witness to historical atrocities, political crises
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