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Literary Novels Written by Women

Year: 2023

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Literary novels written by female authors received lower scores for literary quality than those written by male authors. In this chapter, the literary novels written by women are analysed, starting with translations and then followed by Dutch originals. Cluster analysis using Burrows’ Delta, principal components analysis (PCA), and keyword analysis are applied to explore differences in word usage and word frequencies between highly rated and lowly rated novels in order to find out whether these may explain the ratings. Among the translations, Emma Donoghue’s Room and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love receive special attention. Works by Dutch authors Margriet de Moor, Marente de Moor, Naima El-Bezaz, and Renate Dorrestein are described in more detail.

Source: Amsterdam University Press eBooks

DOI: 10.5117/9789048558148_ch04

Author: Karina van Dalen-Oskam

Institutions: University of Wolverhampton, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands, University of Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4381491018

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