Media and texts today might be better at their representation of women, but not all fictional content has posed women as active participants in their stories. But never fear, lovers of feminist and/or non-misogynistic texts! There is an easy way to test whether a film or another form of fiction has an active female presence… Continue reading Character or Cardboard?
Month: October 2021
Breaking Down Plot into Data
In “Network Theory, Plot Analysis,” Franco Moretti renders William Shakespeare’s Hamlet into charts and numbers – along with other novels and plays. In doing this, his goal is to turn what was originally years of work to a few minutes of investigation. Moretti, who coined the concept of “distant reading” in his article, Conjectures on… Continue reading Breaking Down Plot into Data
Project Concept
In continuation of my previous blog post concerning the final project for Professor Rikk Mulligan’s Digital Approaches to Literature, I would like to expand on the sources that I might use. Since I will be revisiting the sources, I will be referencing some of the texts/articles listed in the last post. Since my interest is… Continue reading Project Concept
Research Project: Setting Things Up
As a student of Professor Rikk Mulligan’s Digital Approaches to Literature, I will be expanding on my interests through this course’s research project. With this opportunity, I plan to deepen my knowledge on my subject of interest while also defining the scope of the research project. While the details of this project may change over… Continue reading Research Project: Setting Things Up
