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Distancing the writing process: A stylometric approach to the session versions of Gie Bogaert's novel Roosevelt

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In this presentation, we present the results of our exploratory stylometric study of the different versions of the novel Roosevelt by the Flemish author Gie Bogaert. The Principal Components Analysis (PCA) and Burrows’ Delta Distance, as implemented in the Stylo Package for R (Eder et al. 2016), are the methods central to our study of the development of Roosevelt during the writing process. We compare the results of the stylometric analysis with those of a previous text genetic study to explore whether the computational approach can provide knowledge about Bogaert’s creative writing process. In particular, we investigate whether stylometric analysis can provide insights into writing phases and the development of character voices.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15403318

Authors: van Dalen-Oskam, Karina, Bekius, Lamyk

Institutions: Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands, University of Antwerp

Language: English

Topic: Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6949746576

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