Thema&cfeaturesforintertextualanalysis

DigitalClassicistSeminarBerlin10.13.2015

ChristopherW.Forstall,cforstall@gmail.chLaviniaGalliMilić,lavinia.gallimilic@unige.chDamienNelis,damien.nelis@unige.ch

Intertextuality:plusquamverba

D.BammanandG.Crane.“Thelogicanddiscoveryoftextualallusion.”PaperpresentedattheSecondWorkshoponLanguageTechnologyforCulturalHeritageData(LaTeCH2008),Marrakesh,Morocco.D.Bamman.“IntertextualitybeyondWords”,blogpostedonFebruary17,2014onthewebsitehWp://tesserae.caset.buffalo.eduN.Coffee,J.-P.Koenig,S.Poornima,R.Ossewaarde,C.Forstall,andS.Jacobson.“IntertextualityintheDigitalAge.”Transac;onsoftheAmericanPhilologicalAssocia;on142.2(2012):318-419.OngoingworkbyMemorataPoebsandeTRAP

Verbaltextre-useanddigitaltools:

Searchingforwords

Booleansearching

-MusisquedeoquehWp://www.mqdq.it/mqdq/home.jsp-PHI(PackardHumani;esIns;tute)hWp://labn.packhum.org/-BibliothecaTeubnerianaLa;nahWp://www.degruyter.com/view/db/btl

-BrepolisLLT-A/LLT-BhWp://apps.brepolis.net/BrepolisPortal/default.aspx

Verbaltextre-useanddigitalsearching:Comparingtexts

•  ComparingonetexttomanyMusisquedeoquehWp://www.mqdq.it/mqdq/cooccorrenze.jsp

•  Comparingtwotexts

TesseraehWp://tesserae.caset.buffalo.edu/index.phpTLGhWp://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/Iris/inst/ngram.jsp

•  Comparingtwotextsagainsttherestofthecorpus

Tesserae(mulb-textsearch)hWp://tesserae.caset.buffalo.edu/mulb-text.php

Tesserae

•  Goalsincludeboth–  Detecbonofallusions,asincommentaries–  Developinggeneralmodelofintertextuality

•  Currentfeaturesets–  Principallyword-based(incl.lemmata)

•  Experimentalfeaturesets–  Semanbcallyrelatedlemmata–  Character-leveln-grams–  Paragraph-levelthemes

TestcaseI:

intertextualityandgenreinSta&us’Achilleid

•  HowdoesStabusdeployallusionstoepicandelegiacsourcesinbook1oftheAchilleid?

•  Isthetoneofthesourcetextrelevanttoreadersofthelater,alludingtext?

•  DoesStabus’workitselfcontain“epic”and“elegiac”passages?

•  Ifso,whatrelabonshipdoesthelater,alludingcontextbeartothesourcecontext?

Excursus:DigitalHumani&esintheclassroom

•  8students•  Tradibonalexegebcalwork,

translabon•  Datacollecbonfrom

commentaries•  Workwithdigitaltools(Tesserae)

MastersseminaronStabus’AchilleidatUniversityofGeneva

•  Eachsessionbeganwith15minutesummaryofworkinprogress•  Onlineincrementalreportsappeared(belatedly)onTesseraeresearchblog

hWp://tesserae.caset.buffalo.edu/blog/

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Corpus

FeatureSet

•  21,000termfrequencies•  PrincipalComponentsAnalysis

SampleSize

•  Wholetexts

Elegies Epics

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VergilAeneidOvidMetamorphosesStabusThebaidStabusAchilleid

Stylis&cmarkersforgenre,I

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FeatureSet

•  2,000termfrequencies(beginningfromrank51)•  PrincipalComponentsAnalysis

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•  50(consecubve)verselines

Elegies Epics

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“Atypescenemayberegardedasarecurrentblockofnarrabvewithidenbfiablestructure”MarkW.Edwards.”HomerandOralTradibon:TheType-Scene”.Oraltradi;on,7/2(1992):284-330

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2.815-898 Mariandyni;deathandburialofIdmonandTiphys;Ancaeuschosenashelmsman.

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DepartureandvoyagealongsoutherncoastofBlackSea;ArgonautspassCarambisandPrometheus.

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NightandarrivalinthePhasis.PrayerofAncaeus.

[BOOKDIVISION]

3.1-5 InvocabonoftheMuseErato.

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Divineintervenbon:Hera,Athena,AphroditeandEros.Love.

3.167-212 ArgonautsmaketheirwaytothecityandpalaceofAietes.

Vergil,Aeneid7[BOOKDIVISION]

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DeathandburialofCaieta;departure.

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ValeriusFlaccus,Argonau/ca5[BOOKDIVISION]

5.1-70a Mariandyni;deathandburialofIdmonandTiphys;Erginuschosenashelmsman.

5.70b-176 Departure,voyagealongsoutherncoastofBlackSea;ArgonautspasstheChalybes,CarambisandPrometheus.

5.177-216 EveningandarrivalinthePhasis.PrayerofJason.

5.217-277 InvocabonofaMuse(dea)andthesituaboninColchis.

5.278-295 Divineintervenbon:JunoandMinerva.War.

5.296-328 ArgonautsmaketheirwaytothecityandpalaceofAietes.

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7,1-4 ApostrophetoCaieta 7

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7,25-36 Thewindsstopblowing;arrivaltothemouthoftheTiber Voyage 7

7,37-45 Invoca&ontotheMuse Invoca&on 7

7,45-80 Poli&calsitua&oninLa&um;omensofwar Prophecy 6

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7,135-147 PrayerofAeneasandsacrifice Sacrifice::Feast 7

7,148-169 Ambassytotheking Embassy 7

7,170-191 Theking'spalace(descrip&on) Embassy 7

7,192-211 La&nus'speech Embassy 6

7,212-248 Ilionaeus'answer Embassy 6

7,249-285 La&nus'answer;theTrojanscomebacktotheircamp Embassy 6

7,286-322 Divineinterven&onofJuno(speech) Divineinterven&on 4

7,323-340 JunocallstoAllectoforhelp(inordertoprovokewar) Divineinterven&on 6

7,341-372 AllectoinfectthesoulofAmata;Amata'swordstoLa&nus Divineinterven&on 6

7,373-405 AmataseizedwithBacchicfury Divineinterven&on 7

7,406-434 Allectoinoldlady'sclothespushesTurnustobahle Divineinterven&on 6

7,435-444 SardonicanswerofTurnus Divineinterven&on 2

7,445-474 WrathofAllecto,speech:Turnusseizedwithfurorbellicus Divineinterven&on 2/7

7,475-510 AllectoamongtheTrojans;IuluskillsthedeerofTyrrus'children Divineinterven&on 7/2

7,511-539 FirstbahleamongTrojansandItalicpopula&on Bahle::Divineinterven&on 2/3

7,540-571 AllectoreportstoJuno;Juno’sanswer;AllectogoestotheUnderworld Divineinterven&on 3/2

7,572-600 FuryofTurnusandofhisalliesagainstLa&nus;wordsofTurnusandLa&nus 2

7,601-640 Thedoorsofthewar(descrip&onofthehabit);Junoopensthem;warprepara&ons 2

7,641-645 Invoca&onstotheMuses Invoca&on 2

7,646-654 Catalogue:Mezen&usandhissonLausus Catalogue 2

7,655-669 Catalogue:Aven&nusandhismen Catalogue 2

7,670-677 Catalogue:Ca&llusandCoras Catalogue 2

7,678-690 Catalogue:Caeculuswithfightersfromthecountryside Catalogue 2

7,691-705 Catalogue:MessapuswithFescenniansandAequiFalisci Catalogue 2

7,706-722 Catalogue:theSabinianClaususandseveralitalicpeoples Catalogue 2

7,723-732 Catalogue:Halesusandseveralitalicpeoples Catalogue 2

7,733-743 Catalogue:Oebalus Catalogue 2

7,744-749 Catalogue:Ufens Catalogue 2

7,750-760 Catalogue:thepriestUmbro Catalogue 2

7,761-782 Catalogue:VirbiusfromAricia Catalogue 2

7,783-802 Catalogue:Turnusandhistroops:descrip&onofTurnus'armour Catalogue 2

7,803-817 Catalogue:CamillawiththeVolsci Catalogue

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