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Towards Human-Machine Collaboration: The New Paradigm of World Literature Evaluation in the Era of Digital Intelligence

Yun LongBeijing International Studies University* Siwei ZhangBeijing International Studies University

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

In the context of profound globalization and digital revolution, this research aims to explore the fundamental challenges that artificial intelligence technology brings to the evaluation criteria of world literature and the theoretical reconstruction path. The technological logic of AI tends to dissolve the “literariness” derived from Russian formalism and continuously developed in world literature theory into calculable feature units. Excessive reliance on algorithmic logic will trap the progression of world literature into the crisis of technological reductionism. To address this crisis, this research proposes to construct a new mode of human-machine collaborative criticism based on digital humanism as the theoretical foundation. AI will empower the revelation of cross-cultural literary laws and the democratization of classic canon through macro-analysis, while human critics adhere to their dominant position in contextual interpretation, value judgment, and meaning generation. This collaborative mode not only recognizes the advantages of technology in processing massive data, but also emphasizes the irreplaceability of humanistic spirit in the final value judgment. It is designed to provide a feasible theoretical framework and development path for world literature to maintain diversity and creativity in the algorithmic era.

Keywords: world literature; artificial intelligence; human-machine collaboration; literariness
Published: December 10, 2025
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2025.30569
Volume: CHR Vol.90
pp. 118-127
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