[1] From: "H-CLC (BD)" <bdiederi@ucsd.edu> (18)
Subject: Computers and the changing fashions of literary
criticism?
[2] From: Frances Rasmussen <frasmuss@calvin.linfield.edu> (17)
Subject: Question for HUMANIST members
[3] From: Gloria McMillan <gmcmillan@east.pima.edu> (20)
Subject: My project on _Dracula_ (TEI-tagged etext)
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Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 22:37:45 -0800
From: "H-CLC (BD)" <bdiederi@ucsd.edu>
Subject: Computers and the changing fashions of literary criticism?
In his article about computers and literary criticism (_L'Ordinateur et la
critique litteraire: du golem a la textualite cybernetique_ in
_Litterature_ 96 (1994) pp. 6-18), Paul Delany links the use of computers
in literary studies to the development of the computer, of course, but
mainly to the changing fashions in literary criticism. I have been
wondering about this before: why are there no recent new studies by many
researchers who have published very interesting work using computer methods
in the 1970s and 1980s?
More generally: why do people get into literary computing, and why do they
give it up? Is it the fashions of literary criticism; is literary computing
just a methodology to answer one specific question, and when that question
is answered, there is no further use for the methodology; or is it
university politics; is it frustration with the methodology; or ...?
Of course, it would also be great to hear the opposite perspective: why do
people continue working in the field of literary computing, how did the
computer keep up with your evolving views of literary theory, and how do
you combine both in your teaching?
Barbara Diederichs
bdiederi@ucsd.edu
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Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:26:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Frances Rasmussen <frasmuss@calvin.linfield.edu>
Subject: Question for HUMANIST members
I am a recent subscriber and a graduate student in a MLIS program. I am
working on a project which is focused on the impact of electronic
publishing on academic scholars in the humanities. If anyone would like
to respond, I would greatly appreciate it. I am trying to review the
changes, concerns, advantages/disadvantages of the "information era" upon
the humanist scholars and disciplines. Thank you for any information you
can provide.
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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 13:15:35 MST
From: Gloria McMillan <gmcmillan@east.pima.edu>
Subject: My project on _Dracula_ (TEI-tagged etext)
For a Grad. level class on rhetoric, I plan to run some
computer comparisons over the speeches of various characters
in _Dracula_.
Other than Burrows' fine _Computation into Criticism_ (studies
of Jane Austen) and some papers online by Eric Johnson, I
have few pointers to others doing literary or rhetorical
analysis on the computer.
Would anyone care to enlighten me so that I can enlarge my
'works cited' page?
Thanks!
Gloria McMillan
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