"Franco Moretti argues heretically that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them instead. He insists that such a move could bring new lustre to a tired field, one that in some respects is among 'the most backward disciplines in…
Om nye modeller for fremstilling af litteraturhistorien via grafiske fremstillinger af fx litterære genrer eller perioder og via begrebet 'distant reading'
Forfatteren argumenterer for og demonstrerer nye modeller for fremstilling af litteraturhistorien, ved hjælp af grafiske fremstillinger af f. eks. litterære genrer eller perioder, og ved hjælp af begrebet "distant reading"
This title sets out to demonstrate the power of abstract models to revolutionise our understanding of literary history. What do the quantitative curves of novel production tell us about the interplay of markets, politics, sexes, generations, in the life and death of literary for…