This article explores the construction of subjectivity in Internet-based Chinese fantasy novels and their connection to the spirit of enlightenment and posthumanism. These novels re-examine the validity of scientific civilization and enlightenment reason, deconstructing and rewriting grand narratives through individualism in the pre-modern magical world. Moreover, this literary genre, rooted in a posthumanist perspective, challenges traditional concepts of the body with technologies that enhance strength and offer immortality. Chinese fantasy novels open up a path for the decentralized, anti-anthropocentric revolution of subjectivity, leading toward a world that fully activates material vitality and embraces equality among all beings.
Jing Zhou (Sun,) studied this question.