Mini Worldlit: A new dataset spanning 13 countries, 9 languages, and 5 continents

.txtLAB @ McGill 2025-01-31

Summary:

The study of world literature is crucial for understanding cross-cultural differences and the global landscape of literary production (Damrosch 2003). Despite its importance, we continue to lack sufficient datasets that allow for such large-scale comparative analysis. In recent years, there have been renewed calls within the digital humanities to embrace multilingualism in both the developmentā€¦

Link:

https://txtlab.org/2025/01/mini-world-lit-a-new-multilingual-fiction-dataset-spanning-13-countries-9-languages-and-5-continents/

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Tags:

analytics humanities dh academy

Authors:

Andrew Piper

Date tagged:

01/31/2025, 16:56

Date published:

01/30/2025, 12:08