The question of AI authorship: Literary-theoretical perspectives
Information Society, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/01972243.2026.2724248
- Dergi Adı: Information Society
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Periodicals Index Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Communication Abstracts, EBSCO Education Source, Library Literature and Information Science, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Public Affairs Index, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), MLA International Bibliography, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Business Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Education Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Engineering Source (EBSCO), Sociology Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Technology Collection (ProQuest)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Artificial intelligence, authorship, generative AI, literary studies, literary theory
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In this article, we focus on the conceptualization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a literary author. Although it has received consideration in other disciplines, the conceptual issues remain comparatively underexplored in literary studies. In an era that challenges the hegemony of the human, how should we posit AI as author? What possibilities, or impossibilities, could be offered by way of literary approaches to generative AI? Our exploration engages with an array of theoretical frameworks on authorship, text and textuality, readership, and interpretation. We revisit critical perspectives from the first and second halves of the twentieth century as well as more contemporary turns in literary theory to reflect on computer-generated text and ensuing interpretive methods. In doing so, we place the rethinking of authorship within a history of thought from which AI scholarship can still learn.