Volume V Special Issue V November 2025

Name of Author : Ms. R. Hemavardhini

Title of the paper : Narratives Beyond the Human: LSTM Networks, Authorship and AI-Generated Literature in The Road

Abstract: This paper explores the transformative role of artificial intelligence in narrative composition, focusing on the implications of machinegenerated texts for literary criticism. Moving beyond the mechanics of automation, it examines how recurrent neural networks, particularly Long ShortTerm Memory LSTM models, achieve narrativity and challenge traditional ideas of authorship, creativity and interpretation. Using The Road 2018 the first AIgenerated novel inspired by Jack Kerouacs On the Road as a case study, the paper analyses how stylistic mimicry, sentencelevel coherence and narrative fragmentation both reveal the potential and expose the limitations of AIdriven storytelling. Trained on a corpus of nearly 60 million words, the text highlights the intersection of digital technology, literature and cultural perception. By interrogating how readers engage with machineauthored texts, the study positions AI not just as a tool of creation but as a catalyst for rethinking the future of literary criticism and narrative theory.

Keywords : Artificial Intelligence, Authorship, Technological singularity, narration and Computational Creativity.

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Page Number : 124-129