Volume V Special Issue III August 2025

Name of Author : Swaroop Kumar

Title of the paper : Comparativity of Literature from Ancient to Digital Age

Abstract: The comparativity of literature from the ancient to the digital age presents a dynamic and evolving framework for understanding the transformation of narratives, mediums, and modes of cultural expression. This paper explores how literature, across epochs, reflects the shifting paradigms of human communication, creativity, and interpretation. Beginning with oral traditions and classical texts, it traces the influence of script, print, and eventually digital technologies on literary production and dissemination. By examining key texts from different erasranging from Homeric epics and classical Sanskrit poetry to contemporary hypertext fiction and AIgenerated narrativesthe study reveals the continuities and ruptures in thematic concerns, aesthetic forms, and author reader relationships. It also interrogates the impact of technological mediation on literary forms, including how digital platforms redefine authorship, readership, and textuality. In doing so, the paper underscores the importance of comparative literature as a discipline that is not only intercultural and interlingual but also intermedial and transhistorical. Through a comparative methodology that juxtaposes ancient literary canons with digital storytelling forms, this research highlights the adaptability and resilience of literature as a humanistic practice. Ultimately, the study argues that comparativity in literature is not merely a tool for historical mapping, but a vital lens through which we can critically engage with the evolving nature of human expression in an increasingly digitized world.

Keywords : Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Literary Evolution, Intermediality, Cultural Narratives

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Page Number : 259-264