Signs, Symbols, and Discourses: A New Direction for Computer-Aided Literature Studies.

Olsen, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ493980

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Signs, Symbols, and Discourses: A New Direction for Computer-Aided Literature Studies.

Olsen, Mark

Computers and the Humanities, v27 n5-6 p309-14 1993-94

Contends that computer-aided literature studies have failed to impact the field as a whole. Asserts that new databases, such as TLG or ARTFL, allow wide-spectrum analyses that may transform the way in which literature is studied. (CFR)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction, Language Research, Literature, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Structural Grammar, Symbols (Literary), Text Structure

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Theme issue topic: "A New Direction for Literary Studies?"