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The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed interpretive practices in literary studies, raising fundamental questions about textual meaning, interpretive authority, cultural representation, and human critical consciousness. This study examines the interpretive possibilities and limitations of AI-assisted literary criticism through a comparative hermeneutic analysis of A.A. Navis’s Indonesian short story Robohnya Surau Kami. Drawing on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and Wolfgang Iser’s reader-response theory, this research employs a qualitative interpretive-comparative approach to investigate how AI-generated interpretations and human critical readings construct and negotiate literary meaning. The analysis focuses on narrative irony, religious discourse, social criticism, textual ambiguity, cultural situatedness, and interpretive agency. By comparing AI-generated responses with theoretically informed human interpretations, the study seeks to identify the extent to which AI can engage with implicit meanings, sociocultural contexts, and ideological tensions embedded in Indonesian literary texts. Beyond examining AI as a technological instrument, this research situates literary interpretation within broader interdisciplinary discussions of digital humanities, cultural studies, and cross-cultural literary understanding. It conceptualizes AI not as an autonomous interpretive authority but as a dialogical analytical instrument requiring critical evaluation, contextualization, and human mediation. Ultimately, this study aims to contribute to contemporary Indonesian literary criticism by advancing a human-centered hermeneutic framework for AI-mediated interpretation and highlighting the potential of Indonesian literature to foster intercultural dialogue in the digital age.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Literary Criticism; Hermeneutics; Indonesian Literature; Digital Humanities.
| Digital Inovation | Generative AI |
|---|---|
| Literature and Translation | Thai and Indonesian Literature |
| Language, society, and regional relations | Multidiciplinary perspective |
| Online / Onsite | online |