Computational Literary Genre Stylistics

The project in a nutshell: This project will investigate the relation between literary genres (generic facets) and style (stylistic attributes). Analyses are based on large collections of literary texts and use or develop state-of-the-art methods in computational stylistics and text analysis. This will enable the project to combine attention to minute stylistic details with the investigation of large trends and patterns in literary history. What does the project aim to accomplish? The project brings together scholars from Romance Philology and Computer Scientists, building a common ground in Computational Philology. It aims to change the way we think about the concepts of genre and style as well as about the relation between literary interpretation and computation. In particular, the project aims to strengthen the engagement with digital methods in Romance Philology

Reading Nepali Maoist Memoirs

A study of the Maoist memoir as a new literary genre in Nepali, focusing on five examples published since 2009

Quin és el gènere literari de l'Evangeli segons Joan? Sentit del format narratiu de l'Evangeli Joànic

Since the publication of R.A. Burridge’s monograph on the literary genre of the Gospels (1992), the gospel of John’s (GJ) literary genre has been the object of an open debate. (1) The present article analyses the opinion of those exegetes who maintain that GJ’s historiographical characteristics are a decisive argument in favour of the literary genre of this book as a bios Iêsou. Both (2) the analysis of the sense of the Johannine narrative (Jn 1,19-12,50) which is certainly not biographical, and (3) the key theme of the so called messianic secret (also present in its own terms in GJ with its own hermeneutical characteristics) point towards a much more nuanced conclusion. (4) GJ is a revelation with a narrative format in some parts of its presentation. The literary genre is then closer to apocalyptic literature than to the biographical genre. This conclusion should help the readers to approach GJ as a revelation rooted in the life of Jesus

The Writer as an Acrobat: Deleuze and Guattari on the Relation between Philosophy and Literature (and How Kierkegaard Moves in-between)

Throughout his work, Deleuze not only draws on literature in order to address philosophical problems but he seeks to map out the ‘mobile relations’ between philosophy and literature. After an initial overview, I will focus on A Thousand Plateaus (1980), a book co-authored with Guattari, and in particular, on plateaus “1874: Three Novellas or ‘What happened?’” and “1730: Becoming-intense, becoming-animal, becoming-imperceptible…” In doing so, I aim to explore: (a) how the relation between literature and philosophy is refracted in Novellas Plateau and (b) the way in which Deleuze and Guattari articulate their key philosophical notion of becoming-imperceptible via Kierkegaard’s knight of faith. The novella as a literary genre by essentially relating to secrecy also advances a distinctive way of relation between the three dimensions of time (the past, present and future). I argue that novella-time could be extended beyond the limits of the literary genre ‘novella.’ To this end, I propose a reading of Kierkegaard’s Repetition (1843) and selected entries from his Journals in order to identify his contribution as a religious writer to the discussion of philosophy as literature. I conclude that time, change and faith stand out as a common problematic of philosophy, literature, and life

The Emergence of Rupkatha as a Literary Genre in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Bengal: : A Historical Enquiry

The indigenous rupkatha collections that appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth Bengal, while purporting to be written transcriptions of an oral tradition, were effectively creating a new literary tradition distinct from the oral storytelling traditions that existed in the region. This paper will investigate the historical circumstances of its emergence, particularly the intersectional politics of Bengal’s colonial encounter with Europe and the emergence of a nascent nationalist consciousness that laid stress on indigenous culture. This paper will argue how the emergence of the Bengali rupkatha as a literary genre was interrelated with the widespread popularity of the European fairytale, and as an indigenous literary genre was intended to contrast and compete with the Western literary genre. The circumstances of its emergence in turn shaped the popular ideas associated with the genre and determined the way generations of readers approached and interpreted the texts

La « simplexité » des contes

The tale is not just a linear, sober narrative, but a clever combination of a diegesis of a certain type, a network of images and an implicit philosophy. This is where it differs from both the short story and the fable. As a literary genre, it is less of a « simple form » (André Jolles) and more of a « simplex form » (Alain Berthoz). In this context, how to address the question of the simple style in the literary genre of the fairy tale – a genre which leans towards complexity and sophistication, more than simplicity? We will suggest that the literary ideal of simplicity advocated by Perrault, best exemplified in The Fairies, is constructed against the gallant aesthetic which was the source of French fairy tales.The tale is not just a linear, sober narrative, but a clever combination of a diegesis of a certain type, a network of images and an implicit philosophy. This is where it differs from both the short story and the fable. As a literary genre, it is less of a « simple form » (André Jolles) and more of a « simplex form » (Alain Berthoz). In this context, how to address the question of the simple style in the literary genre of the fairy tale – a genre which leans towards complexity and sophistication, more than simplicity? We will suggest that the literary ideal of simplicity advocated by Perrault, best exemplified in The Fairies, is constructed against the gallant aesthetic which was the source of French fairy tales

A fragment of a Greek novel? PMil I 2. 17 revisited

P.Mil. I 2. 17 has been interpreted as a mythical or historical text and even considered as a fragment of Timaeus of Tauromenion. It was labeled by López Martinez, Fragmentos papiráceos de novela griega, 1998 – number 39 of her edition – as valde incertum –. The text is interesting both from a linguistic point of view and for raising a question concerning the literary genre to whom it pertains. The purpose of this paper is to review the text and to deep in the study of its literary genre

(Review) The Familiar Letter as a Literary Genre in the Age of Pushkin

Reviews the book \u27The Familiar Letter as a Literary Genre in the Age of Pushkin,\u27 by William Mills Todd III

Bibliography and Readings

Jane Dyer Cook to present The Peace and Forgiveness Readings, illustrating forgiveness elements and literary genre