Abstract: Whether it is the negative bio-politics since “the social contract” theory of Hobbes, or the affirmative bio-politics advocated by political philosophers after Foucault, all could be found in the plague narrative of western literature. What is more meaningful lies in the literary works to conceive a heterogeneous bio-community in accordance with the dual logic of immunity paradigms in bio-politics and the dialectical relationship between semantic differences explored by Esposito. Literary works could vividly present the complexity, subtlety, openness and uncompleted tense of political discourse at stake. Based on the immunity logic and community concept of the bio-politics theory, the paper discusses the contradictions, crises and future prospects of modern bio-politics from the social and historical dimensions of literary research, expecting to bring about enlightenment and reference in constructing new orders for the community in post-epidemic era.

Key words: bio-politics, immunity paradigm, community, plague, plague narrative, Esposito