LEADER 02468nam 2200373 450 001 9910504287903321 005 20221223124517.0 035 $a(CKB)5590000000629678 035 $a(NjHacI)995590000000629678 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000629678 100 $a20221223d2021 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCharacter Constellations $eRepresentations of Social Groups in Present-Day Dutch Literary Fiction /$fRoel Smeets 210 1$aLeuven :$cLeuven University Press,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) 311 $a94-6166-413-3 330 $aFiction has a major social impact, not least because it co-shapes the image that society has of various social groups. Drawing on a collection of 170 contemporary Dutch-language novels, Character Constellations presents a range of data-driven, statistical models to study depictions of characters in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, sexuality, and other identity categories. Incorporating the tools of network analysis, each chapter highlights an aspect of fictional social networks that affects the representation of social groups: their centrality, their communities, and their conflicts. While reading individual novels in light of emerging statistical patterns, combining the formal methods of social network analysis with the interpretive tools of narratology, this study shows how central societal themes such as (in)equality and emancipation, integration and segregation, and social mobility and class struggle are foregrounded, replicated, or distorted in the Dutch novel. Showcasing what character-based critiques of literary representation gain by integrating data-driven methods into the practice of critical close reading, Character Constellations contributes to societal debates on cultural representation and identity and the role fiction and art have in those debates. 517 $aCharacter Constellations 606 $aDutch fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSocial groups in literature 615 0$aDutch fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSocial groups in literature. 676 $a839.3136409 700 $aSmeets$b Roel$01251851 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910504287903321 996 $aCharacter Constellations$92901676 997 $aUNINA