Abstract：In the new era when interdisciplinary research has gradually become a trend in the academia， literature， with its absorptivity， and communication studies， with permeability， achieve disciplinary interaction， which has its functional conditions and complementary characteristics. The feasible path is not through a cross-disciplinary approach， but to integrate both disciplines to form a “discipline community”. The studies of literature-communication can be conducted in three dimensions. The first dimension is to study the dissemination of literature in vast time and space， and to reveal the law by which literature as a special object is disseminated. In the second dimension， the activities of creating and reading literature are viewed as dissemination， or the activities of dissemination are regarded as literary texts for theoretical explanation. The third dimension focalizes the phenomena of the intertextual dissemination of literature， and delves into the “literariness”. The studies of literature-communication require the participation of scholars from both disciplines to broaden the horizons of knowledge by discussing the issues， learning the research methodology and permeating the discourse with each other. Moreover， the studies of literature-communication will be open to sociology， history， psychology， information science and other disciplines， so as to explore the general knowledge through unceasing innovation.
2020, Vol. 59 
