Introduction: Toward a Standard Literary Model
This project proposes a speculative yet disciplined framework for reimagining world literature: the Standard Literary Model (SLM). Inspired by the elegance of the Standard Model of particle physics, the SLM treats stories not as static cultural objects but as fields, forces, and interacting particles within a vast narrative cosmos.
The goal is not to collapse literature into science, nor to pretend that novels obey quantum laws. Instead, the SLM uses the mathematical imagination of physics as a lens through which literary structures, motifs, and transformations can be freshly perceived. Just as the Standard Model maps the subatomic architecture of reality, the SLM seeks to map the deep grammar of world literature, revealing patterns of voice, memory, form, and conflict that transcend geography and epoch.
This integral is not an equation but an aspiration: a recognition that stories emerge from the continuous interaction of cultural fields and human energies.
 | 17. The Aeneid — Virgil | Published 2026/01/20 at 8:17 am |
 | 16. The Panchatantra (India) | Published 2026/01/17 at 5:05 pm |
 | 15. The Tirukkural (Tamil Nadu) | Published 2026/01/14 at 3:45 pm |
 | 14. The Mahabharata (India) | Published 2026/01/10 at 8:08 am |
 | 13. The Trial of Socrates (or Apology) — Plato | Published 2026/01/06 at 3:13 pm |
 | 12. The Ramayana (India) | Published 2026/01/02 at 3:04 pm |
 | 11. Zhuangzi — Zhuang Zhou (China) | Published 2025/12/29 at 2:48 pm |
 | 10. Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) — Laozi (China) | Published 2025/12/25 at 10:45 am |
 | 9. Analects — Confucius (China) | Published 2025/12/21 at 2:06 pm |
 | 8. The Odyssey — Homer | Published 2025/12/17 at 12:01 am |
 | 7. The Iliad — Homer | Published 2025/12/13 at 1:48 pm |
 | 6. The Upanishads (India) | Published 2025/12/10 at 11:16 am |
 | 5. The Vedas (India) | Published 2025/12/08 at 2:08 pm |
 | 4. The Book of the Dead (Ancient Egypt) | Published 2025/12/06 at 1:58 pm |
 | 3. The Instruction of Ptahhotep (Ancient Egypt) | Published 2025/12/04 at 9:51 am |
 | 2. The Tale of Sinuhe (Ancient Egypt) | Published 2025/12/02 at 8:44 am |
 | 1. The Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamia) | Published 2025/11/30 at 1:15 pm |
The Maharajagar 