Yue Xing邢岳

I am a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Originally from Harbin, China, I received both my B.A. and M.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Fudan University.

Growing up immersed in popular literature and media culture, I developed a long-standing interest in popular narrative forms and cultural production. My work draws on literary and cultural analysis to understand popular cultural phenomena and changing narrative forms.

I am interested in how stories generate connection, articulate feeling, and shape cultural publics. These questions also inform my everyday love of in-depth conversations and interpersonal engagement.

• Popular literature & culture
• Cultural studies
• Affect & narrative
• Media transformation
• Intellectuals & public culture

My research focuses on modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture, from the late Qing to the present, with particular attention to popular literature and popular cultural production.

Working within a cultural studies framework, I examine long-term historical trajectories that connect late imperial narrative traditions with modern and contemporary media forms. I ask how popular cultural forms participate in the organization of feeling, public discourse, and cultural connection across historical periods.

My related interests include Ming–Qing fiction, Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies literati and their intermedial practices, contemporary digital popular culture, and emerging methods in digital humanities.