In May we took a class called “Computational Text Analysis with Stylometry and R” at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al. It was run by the Krakow-based Computational Stylistics Group. Stylometry is a method that can determine an author's “style” through counting word frequencies. Recently, in the news, it has been … Continue reading Adventures in Stylometry!
Author: Katherine Bowers
Encoding Dostoevsky
One of the central aspects of our methodology in the project at present is encoding Dostoevsky’s novels. Here “encoding” means tagging using XML tags (XML = extendable markup language) following the TEI guidelines (TEI = Text Encoding Initiative). The TEI has created a massive, thousands of pages long guide to best practices in tagging and … Continue reading Encoding Dostoevsky
About Me: Katia
Hello! My name is Dr Katherine Bowers, but many people call me Katia. I’m an Associate Professor of Slavic Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. I’m a specialist in nineteenth-century Russian literature and my work focuses on genre, narrative, and form. You can find out more about my research on my … Continue reading About Me: Katia
Digital Dostoevsky 