Canonical Status and Literary Influence: A Comparative Study of Danish Novels from the Modern Breakthrough (1870–1900)

TY - GEN

T1 - Canonical Status and Literary Influence

T2 - The 4th International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities , NLP4DH 2024

AU - Feldkamp, Pascale

AU - Lassche, Alie

AU - Kostkan, Jan

AU - Kardos, Márton

AU - Enevoldsen, Kenneth

AU - Baunvig, Katrine Frøkjær

AU - Nielbo, Kristoffer Laigaard

N1 - Conference code: 4

PY - 2024/11

Y1 - 2024/11

N2 - We examine the relationship between the canonization of Danish novels and their textual innovation and influence, taking the Danish Modern Breakthrough era (1870–1900) as a case study. We evaluate whether canonical novels introduced a significant textual novelty in their time, and explore their influence on the overall literary trend of the period. By analyzing the positions of canonical versus non-canonical novels in semantic space, we seek to better understand the link between a novel’s canonical status and its literary impact. Additionally, we examine the overall diversification of Modern Breakthrough novels during this significant period of rising literary readership. We find that canonical novels stand out from both the historical novel genre and non-canonical novels of the period. Our findings on diversification within and across groups indicate that the novels now regarded as canonical served as literary trendsetters of their time.

AB - We examine the relationship between the canonization of Danish novels and their textual innovation and influence, taking the Danish Modern Breakthrough era (1870–1900) as a case study. We evaluate whether canonical novels introduced a significant textual novelty in their time, and explore their influence on the overall literary trend of the period. By analyzing the positions of canonical versus non-canonical novels in semantic space, we seek to better understand the link between a novel’s canonical status and its literary impact. Additionally, we examine the overall diversification of Modern Breakthrough novels during this significant period of rising literary readership. We find that canonical novels stand out from both the historical novel genre and non-canonical novels of the period. Our findings on diversification within and across groups indicate that the novels now regarded as canonical served as literary trendsetters of their time.

M3 - Article in proceedings

SP - 140

EP - 155

BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities

A2 - Hämäläinen, Mika

A2 - Öhman, Emily

A2 - Miyagawa, So

A2 - Alnajjar, Khalid

A2 - Bizzoni, Yuri

PB - Association for Computational Linguistics

CY - Miami

Y2 - 15 November 2024 through 16 November 2024

ER -