Abstract
Modernology studies human behavior and customary changes through on—site investigation of the social slices of the here and now, focusing on universal human affairs in universal environments. In the 20th century, the academic community proposed that literature was a theory of linguistics and human studies. In the 21st century, it further suggests that literature engages with spatial studies, thing theory, ecology, and cosmology. Modernology incorporates theories from various schools and is expected to evolve from the modern to postmodernity and post—classical narratology. It is also expected to develop into a narrative method that integrates scientificity, visuality, and interdisciplinarity. Exploring elements of modernology such as its origins, interdisciplinary transformation, the turn to embodiment, and diverse spaces, as well as envisioning future narratives such as AI—based modernology, holds essential methodological significance to promote the real—time and predictive research on global social culture.
Keywords
modernological narrative, interdisciplinary transformation, embodied perception, AI—based modernology
First Page
149
Last Page
157
Recommended Citation
Ling Yu, Ling Yu. 2025. "How to Investigate the Contemporary?—Conceptions for Cultural Studies of Modernology." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 45, (6): pp.149-157. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss6/15
