Separation and Integration:the Interdisciplinary Interaction Trend between Western Literature and Science
Interdisciplinary research refers to the exchange and mutual learning among disciplines,achieving a holistic in-teraction of multidimensional disciplines in knowledge growth.As a branch of two major disciplines,literature has strong disci-plinary absorption,and the content of natural science research also has practicality and operability in research methods.Literary works often rely on vivid descriptions to summarize existing scientific achievements and infer unknown scientific realms,there-by expanding academic inspiration for natural science research.At present,interdisciplinary research in literature and science in Western academia has made significant progress in both breadth and depth.From the perspective of interdisciplinary interaction between Western literature and science,using natural science methods to study literary works can expand over time based on the research object,and the application of technical means is also more flexible;using literary methods to study the academic a-chievements of science will focus on exploring the literary origins of scientific theories,the impact of literary theories on sci-ence,and the role of literary imagination.In the interdisciplinary perspective of literature and science,there are currently chal-lenges such as clear disciplinary barriers and a lack of communication and horizontal transfer between Chinese and foreign schol-ars.Therefore,we must adhere to the essence of literature,achieve mutual learning and consultation between literature and sci-ence,and achieve comprehensive creation of interdisciplinary research between literature and science in both local and overall aspects.