Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction: Mythorealism as Method

Xie analyses three novels by the international award-winning Chinese writer Yan Lianke and investigates how his signature ＂mythorealist＂ form produces textual meanings that subvert the totalizing reality prescribed by literary realism. A groundbreaking study of one of contemporary China’s most important authors.

Haiyan Xie is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies in the School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University, China.