Character network analysis of Émile Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart

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Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
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Title
Character network analysis of Émile Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart
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Digital Humanities Conference 2015, Sydney, June 29 – July 3, 2015
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Rochat Yannick
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2015
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Oui
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english
Abstract
In this work, we use network analysis methods to sketch a typology of fiction novels based on characters and their proximity in the narration. We construct character networks modelling the twenty novels composing Les Rougon-Macquart, written by Émile Zola. To categorise them, we rely on methods that track down major and minor characters relative to the character-systems. For that matter, we use centrality measures such as degree and eigenvector centrality. Eventually, with this analysis of a small corpus, we open the stage for a large-scale analysis of novels through their character networks.
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