Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 31-43.

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The Interdisciplinary Development of Literature: The Revolution of Science and Technology and Academic Research in Humanities

Nie Zhenzhao   

  • Online:2021-04-25 Published:2021-04-30
  • About author:Nie Zhenzhao is a professor at the School of International Studies and the director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of World Literature, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou 310058, China). He is also a foreign member of Academia Europaea. His main research interests include English and American literature, comparative literature, and the theory and methodology of Ethical Literary Criticism. Email: niezhenzhao@163.com
  • Supported by:
    “Collating, Translating, and Studying the Literature on Contemporary Western Ethical Criticism” (19ZDA292) sponsored by the National Social Science Fund of China

Abstract: The issue regarding the revolution of Science and technology and academic research in humanities is, in essence, an issue about the interdisciplinary studies in humanities. As sicence and technology have gradually found their way into the field of literary studies, the research on the form, content, and function of literature as well as the research on a series of issues related to authors and readers, such as human consciousness, cognition, conception, cogitation, etc., have shifted their focus from totally abstract notions to objective scientific issues. As compared to the previous times, science and technology have already integrated, both tangibly and intangibly, into our lives, hence prompting a turn of science-driven interdisciplinary studies. Replacing writers with smart robots signifies the extinction of writers, which in turn leads to the extinction of literature. That is a crisis for literature and a crisis for literary concepts and literary theories as well. All this has been triggered by the scientific perception of human beings since the 20th century.Theinterdisciplinary integration between science and humanities is the general trend, for which we need to make our ethical selection in compliance with science.

Key words: scientific and technological humanities, interdisciplinary, artificial intelligence, ethical selection

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