Intertextuality and Visualization
Intertextuality and Visualization
Visualizing Intertextuality: Text reuse in unstructured corpora
Glenn Roe will address the identification and visualization of text reuse in unstructured corpora. Identifying text reuse is a specific case of the more general problem of sequence alignment; that is, the task of identifying regions of similarity shared by two strings or sequences, often thought of as the longest common substring problem. This technique is widely applied in the field of bioinformatics, where it is used to identify repeated genetic sequences. This talk will outline several different approaches to sequence alignment techniques for humanities research, as well as two recent projects aimed at visualising both the output of alignment comparisons between texts and the alignment process itself using visual analytics.
Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis [1593]
She locks her lily fingers one in one. "Fondling," she saith, "since I have hemmed thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer; Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale: Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie." Within this limit is relief enough....
Markham, The dumbe knight. A historicall comedy... [1608]
Pre. Fondling, said he, since I haue hem'd thee heere, VVithin the circuit of this Iuory pale.
Dra. I pray you sir help vs to the speech of your master.
Pre. Ile be a parke, and thou shalt be my Deere: He is very busie in his study. Feed where thou wilt, in mountaine or on dale. Stay a while he will come out anon. Graze on my lips, and when those mounts are drie, Stray lower where the pleasant fountaines lie. Go thy way thou best booke in the world.
Ve. I pray you sir, what booke doe you read?