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Distance Reading Articles

Cohen "Analyzing Literature by Words and Numbers"

Cohen "In 500 Billion Words..."

Crane "What Do You Do with a Million Books"

Moretti Graphs, Maps, Trees

Distance Reading Discussion Questions

Discussion Question 1:

To start out this week's debate we thought we'd begin with a couple of general questions. With the advent of the digital environment a much larger number of texts and resources have been made available. Practically speaking, is there a point at which there is simply too much available to be able to sort through - in other words, is there ever a point in which there is so much information, or the scale of it is so large, that it in fact impedes effective research?

Discussion Question 2:

While the digital environment has given way to a range of new and useful means of textual analysis how does a statistical critique of literature and resources fit within traditional approaches? Do the possibilities for digital texts surpass or fall short of traditional approaches to printed materials?

     ** More questions to be posted in the coming days **

Please post your answers and comments here....