This dissertation examines the fictional works of the Post 70s Generation writers. “Post 70s Generation” is a term adopted in China to refer to those born between 1970 and 1979. Current scholarship tends to label the work of Post 70s Generation writers as “personalized writing” and “everyday life writing”; however, this dissertation focuses instead on the interaction between “the self” and “the nation” in Post 70s generation writings. First of all, this dissertation constructs the social milieu of nationalism, capitalism, and cyberspace that Post-70s Generation writers have confronted. Then, the following three chapters will discuss in order the bildungsroman and modernist works of Post 70s Generation writers. Chapter Three, entitled “Story of Speed,” discusses bildungsroman by Xu Zechen, Lu Nei, and Ge Liang, scrutinizes the relationship between the individual and the nation-state in their works, and identifies three ways the writers respond to the drastically changing China in their works. Chapter Four investigates how modernist works by A Yi and Cao Kou, with different authorial intentions, create distinct modernist subjectivities. Chapter Five expands and excavates the thinking about “the self.” It depicts gender issues since the beginning of the 21st century, with a special focus on female writers’ gender awareness as well as that of the male writers mentioned in previous chapters. Through these explorations, this dissertation circumscribes the nationalist field where Chinese scholars habitate without reflexivity, examining the negotiation between “the self” and “the nation.” With the vision of “the self and the nation,” this dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of works by Post 70s Generation literature, especially their similarities and differences.