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The Narrative Paradigms of Chinese Online Literature in Global Circulation and Their Role in National Image Construction

  

  1. (School of Journalism and Communication / Digital Publishing Research Institute, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875)(School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875)
  • Received:2025-12-02 Revised:2025-12-30 Online:2026-05-08 Published:2026-05-08

Abstract: In the process of global dissemination, Chinese online literature constructs national image through three major narrative paradigms,collectivist ensemble narratives, individual hero-centric narratives, and non-human intelligent agent narratives,operating across the cultural, value, and discursive dimensions. The cultural dimension constitutes the symbolic representation of national image dissemination, the value dimension consolidates its value-based projection, and the discursive dimension enhances its international acceptability. Building on this analytical framework, this article further proposes pathways for innovating narrative paradigms and advancing national image construction including fostering coordinated collaboration among multiple actors such as the state, platforms, translators, and users; strengthening the soft influence of cultural commodities; deepening grassroots expressions in cultural storytelling; advancing a “light-touch” strategy of implicit dissemination to facilitate international reception; and establishing a reciprocal narrative circulation mechanism in which overseas dissemination feeds back into domestic narrative production.

Key words: Online literature Overseas dissemination Narrative paradigms National image construction

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