한국문학에서 바라본 디지털 인문학의 전망 = Prospects of Digital Humanities through the Lens of Korean Literature

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study explores how the emerging field of digital humanities has reshaped modern Korean literature by focusing on the limitations of traditional literary and cultural theories in accounting for data-driven analytics and artificial intelligence(AI)-generated narratives. In particular, I investigate three fields: textual studies and hermeneutics; media studies and narratology; and the subject-object dichotomy within the framework of post humanism. This demonstrates that traditional text criticism, which regards all processes of textual production as subjects of hermeneutic analysis, fails to fully explain narrative generation using language models. However, I contend that computer-generated narratives can still embody the 'pleasure of the text' described by Barthes, thereby justifying the act of collaborating with AI in generating narratives as a literary endeavor. Based on this deconstructive reading, I address the challenges of interpreting AI-generated texts once the agency of objects is acknowledged. By critically examining the limitations of existing literary theories, this study proposes potential directions for Korean literary studies in an era where interaction with AI is integral to the creation of new works.