Abstract

Starting from a detailed reconstruction of Martin Mueller’s theoretical conceptualization of scalable reading, the article focuses on the practical implications that scalable reading has on (computational) literary studies. Based on an extensive analysis where the concept is structured in four different dimensions that are important to understand the idea of scaling, I will examine the practical consequences that scalable reading can have when analyzing literature. For this, I will examine different forms of literary network analysis of German plays and analyze them in light of the various dimensions of scaling. Doing so, I illustrate how qualitative and quantitative methods in literary studies can be brought together in a fruitful way.

BibTeX

@incollection{ Krautter2024aa,
   Title = { { The Scales of (Computational) Literary Studies: Martin Mueller’s Concept of Scalable Reading in Theory and Practice  } },
   Address = { Berlin/Boston },
   Author = { Benjamin Krautter },
   Editor = { Florentina Armaselu and Andreas Fickers },
   Booktitle = { Zoomland. Exploring Scale in Digital History and Humanities },
   Pages = { 261-286 },
   Publisher = { De Gruyter },
   Year = { 2024 }
}

RIS

TY - 
TI - The Scales of (Computational) Literary Studies: Martin Mueller’s Concept of Scalable Reading in Theory and Practice 
AU - Benjamin Krautter
PY - 2024
CY - Berlin/Boston
ID - Krautter2024aa
PB - De Gruyter
J2 - Zoomland. Exploring Scale in Digital History and Humanities
ER -