Author(s): Sampark Sharma

Abstract: This study explored how digital narratives on platforms like X blended Indian and Anglo-Saxon literary traditions to construct hybrid identities, reinterpret myths, and reflect social structures in a globalized world from 2020 to 2025. Employing a qualitative case study approach, the research integrated comparative literary analysis with anthropological methods, analyzing 75 digital texts from X, Wattpad, and Archive of Our Own (AO3) and observing seven online communities. Findings revealed that 80% of texts fused narrative elements, such as dharma and wyrd, within a third space (Bhabha, 2015), while 62.5% of X posts from diasporic users constructed hybrid identities through exile narratives. Myths were reinterpreted in 66.7% of texts to address ecological and diasporic themes, and online communities mirrored traditional social structures as virtual rituals (Turner, 1969). These results contributed to comparative literature, anthropology, and digital culture studies by highlighting the role of social media in fostering cross-cultural narrative innovation. Limitations included reliance on public data and a focus on 2020–2025, suggesting future research into private platforms and longitudinal trends.

Keywords: digital narratives, hybrid identities, myth reinterpretation, cross-cultural literature, online communities

Article Info: Received: 22 Jun 2025; Received in revised form: 14 Jul 2025; Accepted: 18 Jul 2025; Available online: 22 Jul 2025

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.104.32