Marco Fumian
List of John Benjamins publications for which Marco Fumian plays a role.
Articles
New Social Classes, Old Visions of Hierarchy: the Novel Chronicles of Du Lala’s Promotions as an Example of Middle Class Virtue in the Chinese “Socialist Market” Archív Orientální 82:2, pp. 317–335 | Article
2014 This article focuses on the reading of the popular Chinese novel Chronicles of Du Lala’s Promotions, a bestseller published in 2007 and soon followed by numerous spin-offs, to observe how the novel constructs its vision of social hierarchy in the context of the emerging market economy and of the… read more
2010
The Social Construction of a Myth: An Interpretation of Guo Jingming’s Parable Archív Orientální 78:4, pp. 397–419 | Article
2010 When 20-year-old Guo Jingming published his first novel Enchanted City, in 2003, a myth was immediately created. The symbols communicated both by the novel and by the author provoked a deep identification among the readers, who were, for the most part, middle and high school students of the urban… read more