The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Narrative Form and Authorship in Modern Literature

Abstract

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) to literature is entirely transforming the narrative structure and authorship in contemporary literature as an indication of a new creative paradigm, which is more human-centered with a hybrid element. As a co-creative agent, AI makes it possible to have non-linear, interactive and adaptive storytelling which broadens structural possibilities beyond linear forms of storytelling. This movement has subverted the historical concept of the independent author and fixed text and reanimates the theoretical discussions of originality and the death of the author in digital culture. But this change brings about some major ethical, legal and aesthetic issues as there is a risk of homogenizing narratives, biases within the training data and uncertainty in terms of intellectual property and creative ownership. This discussion looks at how AI serves a dual purpose both as a transformative medium expanding human creativity and in a disruptive way that requires a re-evaluation of the idea of literary creativity as a collaborative process. After all, the effects of AI illustrate a grave conflict between technological growth and the maintenance of the human aspect of the literary art: its emotional richness, cultural particularity, or authorial voice.