Actual fictions : literary representation and character network analysis / Roel Smeets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smeets, Roel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in digital literary studies 2633-4399.

Cambridge elements. Elements in digital literary studies, 2633-4399

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutch fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Dutch fiction.

Dutch fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Social networks--Netherlands.

Social networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This Element sheds a new light on the ubiquitous yet complex notion of mimesis. By systematically comparing the social dynamics of the Dutch population at a given time with the social dynamics of characters in Dutch literary fiction published in the same period, it aims to pinpoint the ways in and the extent with which literary fiction either mirrors or shapes the societal context from which it emerged. While close-reading-based scholarship on this topic has been limited to qualitative interpretations of allegedly exemplary works, the present study uses the data-driven tools of social network analysis to systematically determine the imitative elements of the social dynamics of characters within larger-scale, representative collections of books of literary fiction.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Aug 2022).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009180788 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.