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Česká literatura ve světě: možnosti mapování ve velkém rozsahu (1820–2020)
Mapping Czech Literature in Translation on a Large Scale (1820–2020)

Author(s): Ondřej Vimr, Cezary Rosiński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Computational linguistics, Czech Literature, 19th Century, Translation Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Czech literature in translation; translation history; digital literary studies; nineteenth century; twentieth century;

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the Czech contribution to the world literature over the past two centuries (1820-2020) from a global perspective. It uses computational methods to process and analyse data from the OCLC, Czech Literary Bibliography, and Czech National Library and delivers three case studies demonstrating the potential of computationally analysing Czech literature in translation. It analyses the dynamics of gender representation, target language trends, and the global diversity in terms of clustering authors according to their target language profiles. Among other things, the results identify five clusters of authors with one cluster represented globally, and the other four established in limited target language combinations.

  • Issue Year: 70/2022
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 711-734
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Czech