Il romanzo cinese degli ultimi trent'anni: tra globalizzazione e localismi

The article provides a detailed overview of therein trends of the Chinese novel during the last three decades. The proposed analysis encompasses a variety of elements, from themes to style, to the narratological devices employed by the authors in order to represent the changing society and articulated culture of post-socialist China through the form/genre of the "changpian xiaoshuo" . The analysis is also suitably based on a clear distinction, in terms of literary genres, between the Western/European concept of novel and the Chinese category of xiaoshuo.