Reading Machines: Toward and Algorithmic Criticism (Topics in

Reading Machines: Toward and Algorithmic Criticism (Topics in the Digital Humanities)

Besides familiar and now-commonplace tasks that computers do all the time, what else are they capable of? Stephen Ramsay's intriguing study of computational text analysis examines how computers can be used as "reading machines" to open up entirely new possibilities for literary critics. Computer-based text analysis has been employed for the past several decades as a way of searching, collating, and indexing texts. Despite this, the digital revolution has not penetrated the core activity of literary studies: interpretive analysis of written texts. _x000B__x000B_Computers can handle vast amounts of data, allowing for the comparison of texts in ways that were previously too overwhelming for individuals, but they may also assist in enhancing the entirely necessary role of subjectivity in critical interpretation. Reading Machines discusses the importance of this new form of text analysis conducted with the assistance of computers. Ramsay suggests that the rigidity of computation can be enlisted by intuition, subjectivity, and play.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of Illinois Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-12-01
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-12-01
Format	Kindle eBook

Reading Machines: Toward and Algorithmic Criticism (Topics in the Digital Humanities)