Distant Reading Two Decades On: Reflections on the Digital Turn in the Study of Literature

Antonija Primorac; Rosario Arias; Roxana Patras; Eva Eglāja-Kristsone; K.H. van Dalen-Oskam; J. Berenike Herrmann; Christof Schöch; Pieter François

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Distant Reading Two Decades On: Reflections on the Digital Turn in the Study of Literature

Antonija Primorac^*, Rosario Arias, Roxana Patras, Eva Eglāja-Kristsone, K.H. van Dalen-Oskam, J. Berenike Herrmann, Christof Schöch, Pieter François

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This article examines the ways in which distant reading, as a facet of the digital turn in the humanities, has affected the study of literature, with particular attention to the ways the digital turn has impacted the examination of authorship, genre, and style. In the process, it reflects on the ways in which distant reading developed both as a concept in the history of world literature and as a methodological approach that contributed to the evolution of computer-assisted study of literature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-24
Number of pages	24
Journal	Digital Studies / Le champ numérique
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.16995/dscn.8855
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2023

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