2014 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
A Digital Humanities Analysis of Christianity in the 19th-Century British Fiction
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26580053
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
大野 龍浩 熊本大学, 文学部, 教授 (80169028)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | Digital Humanities / Effect Size / Topic Models / quantitative analysis / Christianity / author construct / authorial intention / Elizabeth Gaskell |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Part of my study was read at a research seminar held at the University of Birmingham, UK, on 25 Sept 2014. The title of my presentation was "A Digital Humanities Analysis of Christianity in the 19th-Century British Fiction."
The following are the papers written in 2014 and to be published in 2015.
(a) "An Effect-Size Analysis of Christianity in the Fiction of the Bronte Sisters." 『ブロンテと19世紀イギリス』 Osaka: Osaka Kyoiku Tosho, 2015. 75-97. (b) "A Topic Modelling Analysis of the Sacred and the Secular in _The Life of Charlotte Bronte_.”_Evil and Its Variations in the Works of Gaskell: A Sesquicentennial Commemorative Volume_. Ed. Mitsuharu Matsuoka. Osaka: Osaka Kyoiku Tosho, 2015. 217-32. (c) 「コーパス文体論によるギャスケル短編作品の解析：そのキリスト教性について」『エリザベス・ギャスケル中・短編小説研究』日本ギャスケル協会編 大阪：大阪教育図書, 2015. 41-52.
A few of the unique discoveries made by my Digital Humanities research into Christianity in the 19th-century British fiction are as below: (a) Gaskell, C. Bronte, E. Bronte, and A. Bronte all use the word "God" more frequently than "Christ." (b) C. Bronte's use of God-related words is most frequent among the four authors. (c) Among C. Bronte's eight effect-size keywords, seven are relevant to nature, and only "spirit" to the Christian creed.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
As listed above, three papers have been written and are waiting for publication. A few more papers are in progress to be completed by the end of 2015.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The following are the papers in progress to be published in 2015 or 2016.
(a) "A Digital Humanities Analysis of Christianity in Elizabeth Gaskell's 52 Shorter Works."
(b) "A Topic-Modelling Analysis of Christianity in _The Life of Charlotte Bronte_."
(c) "A Digital Humanities Analysis of Christianity in the Fiction of Jane Austen."
(d) "An Effect-Size Analysis of Christianity in the Fiction of Elizabeth Gaskell and the 19th-Century British Authors."
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| Causes of Carryover |
The first reason is probably my unfamiliarity with the way of using the Research grant money, since this was my first experience of winning it. Secondly, no personnel expenditure and remuneration were spent, since most of the manual works were done by myself to save money. Thirdly, sufficient money must be reserved for 2015 when I am planning to attend an international conference, which will cost more than 300,0000 yen. Fourthly, the indirect costs were unspent for the purchase of a high-quality portable PC to be placed in Media Seminar Room I in 2015.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
I am planning to (a) attend some academic conferences to read papers, including an international conference, (b) pay the cost for publishing my paper, and (c) buy some books on Digital Humanities.
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Research Products
(5 results)
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[Presentation] ブロンテ文学の科学的分析2015
Author(s)
大野 龍浩
Organizer
ブロンテ・デイ公開講座
Place of Presentation
横浜市立大学金沢八景キャンパス・カメリアホール
Year and Date
2015-06-07 – 2015-06-07
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