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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.

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Internet-based Chinese fantasy novels subjectivity posthumanism self-identity

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A study of the construction of subjectivity in Internet-based Chinese fantasy novels

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