CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY STUDIES: THEORETICAL PARADIGMS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES, AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

Abstract

In the early twenty-first century, linguistics and literary studies have undergone profound theoretical, methodological, and epistemological transformations driven by globalization, technological advancement, cultural hybridity, and the expansion of interdisciplinary research paradigms. The traditional boundaries that once clearly separated linguistic inquiry from literary analysis have increasingly dissolved, giving rise to integrated approaches that view language not merely as a structural system but as a dynamic social, cognitive, and cultural phenomenon