Concepts and Transculture as Parameters for the Theoretical Analysis of Literary Texts

Abstract

The accelerating dynamics of globalization, migration, and digital interaction have reshaped the cultural environments in which literature is produced and consumed. As a result, literary studies increasingly require analytical frameworks that move beyond traditional monocultural or nation-based interpretive models. This paper proposes an integrated theoretical approach that treats concepts—as cognitive, linguistic, and philosophical abstractions—and transculture—as the fluid movement and hybridization of cultural elements—as co-constitutive parameters for analyzing literary texts. Concepts serve as the intellectual scaffolding through which meaning is produced, stabilized, or contested in narrative worlds, while transculture illuminates the processes through which identities, symbols, and narrative structures circulate across boundaries. By bringing these parameters together, the study argues for a flexible method capable of capturing the complexity of contemporary and historical literary forms.Drawing on literature from conceptual theory, transcultural studies, postcolonial theory, cognitive narratology, and comparative literature, the paper outlines a methodological model for analyzing how texts register cultural translations, conceptual transfers, hybrid identities, and shifting epistemologies. The model is then applied to representative textual examples (discussed generically rather than tied to one corpus), demonstrating how conceptual clusters—such as belonging, identity, mobility, power, and memory—interact with transcultural currents that shape narrative meaning and reader interpretation.The results emphasize that literary texts operate as dynamic cultural interfaces that encode multi-directional flows of ideas, beliefs, and worldviews. A transcultural-conceptual lens reveals not only how texts negotiate cultural difference but also how they reconfigure universal or local concepts through hybrid narrative strategies. The discussion highlights implications for pedagogy, comparative research, and interdisciplinary humanities. Ultimately, the paper positions concepts and transculture as essential analytical parameters that enable richer, more nuanced readings of literature in a rapidly globalizing world.