Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature (“ISL”) is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Zhejiang University and published by Knowledge Hub Publishing Company (Hong Kong) in collaboration with the International Conference for Ethical Literary Criticism. With a strategic focus on literary, ethical, historical and interdisciplinary approaches, ISL encourages dialogues between literature and other disciplines of humanities, aiming to establish an international platform for scholars to exchange their innovative views that stimulate critical interdisciplinary discussions. ISL publishes four issues each year in both Chinese and English.
With meticulous theoretical archaeology, original and emblematic concepts, and incisive case studies of canonical texts, Professor Nie Zhenzhao and Ren Jie deliver a systematic exposition of ethical literary criticism. Their new book, A General Introduction to Language, Signs, and Brain Text, refreshes their earlier achievements in three key respects: it constructs a Chinese discourse grounded in ethics as its ontological core; it inaugurates a new digital-humanities paradigm through the notion of the “brain text”; and it fosters cross-civilizational dialogue via an open and inclusive theoretical framework. By exemplifying how Chinese scholars can, within a globalized context, sustain cultural confidence and theoretical self-awareness while remaining rooted in indigenous traditions, transcending disciplinary boundaries, and engaging the frontiers of scholarship, this book sets a compelling benchmark.
