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The project

The character network of a given narrative models the structure formed by the relations in its character-system. Applications of character network analysis have usually disregarded temporality, possibly because of its representational complexity. This project describes a novel open source web application which models the character-system of theatre plays as a sequence of network states synchronised with the actual narrative content. The motivation for this development is ultimately to contribute to a better integration of distant and close reading practices.

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description Xanthos A., Pante I., Rochat Y. and Grandjean M. (2016), Visualising the Dynamics of Character Networks, Digital Humanities 2016, Krakow, 6p.

The paper is also available online on the website of the conference: click here.

The team

Aris XANTHOS | Language and Information Sciences Department, UNIL.
Web: people.unil.ch/arisxanthos Twitter: @ArisXanthos

Isaac PANTE | Language and Information Sciences Department, UNIL.
Web: isaacpante.net Twitter: @IsaacPante

Yannick ROCHAT | Digital Humanities Lab, EPFL.
Web: yro.ch Twitter: @yrochat

Martin GRANDJEAN | History Department, UNIL.
Web: martingrandjean.ch Twitter: @GrandjeanMartin