Professor Wang Wencheng was born in Xinwenxian, Shandong Province in 1953. In 1970, he joined the workforce as a miner. In 1980, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature atShandong University from which he subsequently obtained his BA, MA and PhD degrees in Literature. In 1987, he stayed on at Shandong University as a faculty member, and has long been engaged in teaching and research in the fields of literary theory, literary aesthetics, literary language, and literary communication. He is currently a professor at the School of Literature and at the Research Center for Literary and Artistic Aesthetics at Shandong University, and is a Dissertation Advisor for PhD students. In 2018, he was selected as an Honor Professor for Shandong University’s Outstanding Talent Faculty System.

Professor Wang’s most representative products in research include the following works:

1. The Theory of Agency in Literary Language, Shandong University Press, 2002

2. Literature and Its Language, People's Publishing House, 2012

3. The Museum For The Humanities: The Literature Volume, Shandong Education Publishing House, 2011

4. A Study of Typology in Literary Discourse, People's Publishing House, 2018

5. “On Reading Literature and Literary Exegesis”, Literary Review, no. 3, 2001

6. “Literary Discourse as Linguistic Behavior”, Literary Review, no. 2, 2016

At Shandong University, Professor Wang has offered many courses to students at all levels including courses for undergraduate students, MA students and doctoral students, includingthe following:

· “Introduction to Literature”

· “Marxist-Leninist Literary Theory”

· “Introduction to Aesthetics”

· “Modern Literature and Art”

· “Methods in the Humanities and the Social Sciences”

· “Research in Literary Language”

· “Studies in Literary Communication”

Professor Wang has received several awards and prizes for outstanding research work and teaching-related endeavors, including the following:

· A Level-2 Prize of Excellent Textbook/Teaching Material For Colleges and Universities, conferred by the National Education Commission of the State Council

· A Level-1 Prize for Outstanding Achievementby Young Scholars in the Social Sciences in Shandong Province

· A Level-1 Prize for An Outstanding Work of Popularization and Application in the Social Sciencesin Shandong Province

· The Liu XiePrizefor Literary Criticism in Shandong Province(three times)

· The Ministry of Education’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities and the Social Sciences

· The Ministry of Education’s Award for Outstanding Endeavor in Popularizing Research Products in the Humanities and the Social Sciences

Contact information: E-mail address: wchw18@hotmail.com