The novel is currently undergoing profound transformations in its language, form, and themes, influenced by social and technological changes around the world. It has become an open arena for exploring questions surrounding identity, the relationship between humans and their environment, language as both a tool to exercise power and express oneself, and writing as a form of resistance. In this seminar, a number of contemporary novelists will share their diverse approaches to writing, discussing how today's novel tackles identity struggles, reshapes the relationship between the self and other, and how language escapes mere consumption to become a tool for creation and influence.