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100	1		_aSmeets, Roel, _eauthor. _91553645
245	1	0	_aCharacter Constellations : _bRepresentations of Social Groups in Present-Day Dutch Literary Fiction / _cRoel Smeets.
264		1	_aLeuven (Belgium) : _bLeuven University Press, _c2021.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2022
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_a1 online resource (1 online resource 252 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520	8		_aFiction has a major social impact, not least because it co-shapes the image that society has of various social groups. Drawing on a collection of 170 contemporary Dutch-language novels, 'Character Constellations' presents a range of data-driven, statistical models to study depictions of characters in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, sexuality, and other identity categories. Incorporating the tools of network analysis, each chapter highlights an aspect of fictional social networks that affects the representation of social groups: their centrality, their communities, and their conflicts. While reading individual novels in light of emerging statistical patterns, combining the formal methods of social network analysis with the interpretive tools of narratology, this study shows how central societal themes such as (in)equality and emancipation, integration and segregation, and social mobility and class struggle are foregrounded, replicated, or distorted in the Dutch novel.0Showcasing what character-based critiques of literary representation gain by integrating data-driven methods into the practice of critical close reading, 'Character Constellations' contributes to societal debates on cultural representation and identity and the role fiction and art have in those debates.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aSocial groups in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01122493 _9735470
650		7	_aDutch fiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00899723 _91553646
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM _xEuropean _xGeneral. _2bisacsh _9853591
650		6	_aRoman neerlandais _y21e siecle _xHistoire et critique. _91553647
650		6	_aRoman neerlandais _y20e siecle _xHistoire et critique. _91553648
650		0	_aSocial groups in literature. _9735470
650		0	_aDutch fiction _y21st century _xHistory and criticism. _91553649
650		0	_aDutch fiction _y20th century _xHistory and criticism. _9203742
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE. _973465
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/98048/
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