On Social Networks in Plays and Novels

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna (1)

1 Polito - Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin

Literary works can be analysed in the framework of network theories, as proposed for instance by the Stanford Literary Laboratory, in some of their experiments. In fact, the plot of a play or a novel can be displayed as a network of interacting characters, where the timeline of the plot is projected on a planar graph. Here we discuss this approach and how it can help in highlighting some features of the literary work.

Mots clés: Literary laboratories; Literary experiments; Networks

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Littératures; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna. On Social Networks in Plays and Novels. International Journal of Sciences, 2013, 2 (10), pp.20-25. ⟨10.18483/ijSci.312⟩. ⟨hal-02264450⟩