Abstract
The Emergence of Quantitative Studies. Actual Functionalities and the Romanian Case
Highlights
Since there has been an important evolution in the general use of quantitative studies in literary research during the last decades, often related to Franco Moretti’s theories and methodologies, it is necessary to examine the ways this research instrument has been
The questions are put forward: Has there been a significant broadening of the objectives of research in the digital humanities paradigm, in comparison to the first historical uses of quantitative studies? How exactly have the aims of quantitative research broadened? What are the new problems and challenges raised by quantitative studies in humanities and, more precisely, in the study of literary phenomena? On the other hand, this study is trying to track down possible uses of quantitative studies in Romanian criticism
Quantitative research is associated with natural sciences, and its appropriation in human sciences took place via sociology, which “has oscillated between a scientific orientation which has led it to ape the natural sciences and a hermeneutic attitude which has shifted the discipline towards the realm of literature” (Lepenies 1), ever since its foundation as a science by Auguste Comte
Summary
Since there has been an important evolution in the general use of quantitative studies in literary research during the last decades, often related to Franco Moretti’s theories and methodologies, it is necessary to examine the ways this research instrument has been. This essay will discuss the sociological approach of quantitative studies in the Romanian discourse on literature, given the preoccupation of this domain with large literary corpuses and historical generalisations.
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