The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror

Juan Li

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The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror

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The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror
The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror
School of Foreign Languages, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457
2025年6卷第5期页码：48-52
纸质出版：2025-10-30
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786511.20250605
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Juan Li. (2025). The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror. 文艺发展研究（英文版）, 6(5), 48-52.

Li Juan.The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(05):48-52.
Juan Li. (2025). The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror. 文艺发展研究（英文版）, 6(5), 48-52. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786511.20250605.

Li Juan.The "Ship of Theseus" Dilemma and Reconstruction of World Literature in the AI Era: Taking Li Yiyun's Cross-Cultural Writing as a Mirror[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(05):48-52. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786511.20250605.

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The advent of the AI era has placed world literature in an identity dilemma analogous to the ancient Greek "Ship of Theseus" paradox. AI technology has enacted a "component replacement" of world literature in two aspects: language translation and narrative creation. While this has brought about a revolution in efficiency

it also poses the risk of cultural homogenization

leading to the simplification of cultural symbols and the standardization of narrative patterns. However

Chinese-American cross-cultural writers represented by Li Yiyun

relying on the "cultural homogenization" of cultural memory and the "implicit experience" of emotional expression

have practiced cross-cultural writing in world literature and safeguarded the humanistic core of world literature. The essence of world literature does not depend on the tools of creation and dissemination

but lies in its core mission of carrying human cultural memory

individual emotional experience

and reflections on life. This "voyage purpose" constitutes its irreplaceable "identity anchor" in the AI era.

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