Present by:- Zala Krutikaba. DRoll no :- 17Semester :- 22013 - 2014Paper :- Literary Theory & CriticismTopic:- A New Computer - assisted Literary CriticismSubmitted to :- Smt. S.B. GardiDepartment of EnglishM.K. Bhavnagar University

What is Computer-assisted Literary Criticism?

Computer-assisted Criticism is as encompassing of the discipline of literary studies as it is tied to the evolving nature of the electronic literary text that lies at the heart of its intersection with computing. In that there is interaction between literary studies and humanities computing.

Recent works in that criticism

John Smith Raymond Siemens Tim William Machan Michael Best Susan Schreibman William Winder Tamsie Van Pelt Marshall Soules Geoffrey Rockwell Dene Grigar

John Smith

Computer Criticism

The computer was used to

produce through textual

manipulation conventional

aids for future researches.

Example :- Dictionary

The computer was used to analysis of

specific works of literature.

Example :- Stylistic studies

Digital Humanities Digital Humanities are an are of research, teaching & creation concerned with intersection of computers and the descriptions of the humanities. It is a group of researchers and scholars.

HistoryPhilosophyLinguisticsLiterature

Art

Archaeology

MusicCultural Studies

Social Science

What is Digital Humanities doing in English Departments ? Research of study material

with text , image, audio,

video etc..

Long Compositi

on

Conversation

Use of electric tools of computer

OpennessOf EnglishDepartmentIn a New Way.

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Organizations and Institutions

ALLC :- The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing ACH :- The Association for Computers and the Humanities SDH :- Society for Digital Humanities

Conclusion Digital Humanities is an activity of Scholars and their goals. It focuses on documents and texts of different fields. Digital Humanities also research in media studies , communication studies , information studies and also sociology.

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