The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology (문화기술의 융합)

The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology (국제문화기술진흥원)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Literary Research Using Digital Analysis Tools: A Case Study of 『Dangerous Liaisons』

'디지털 분석 도구를 활용한 문학 연구 : 라클로의 『위험한 관계Les liaisons dangereuses』를 중심으로

  • RYU Sun-Jung ;
  • YOU Eun-Soon (Sungkunkwan University, Department of Immersive Media Engineering, Center for Multimedia Intelligence, The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Network Science Lab)
  • 류선정 (단국대학교 유럽중남미학부 프랑스학전공) ;
  • 유은순 (성균관대학교 실감미디어공학과 지능형 멀티미디어 연구센터, 가톨릭대학교 인공지능학과 네트워크과학 연구실)
  • Received : 2024.03.01
  • Accepted : 2024.05.05
  • Published : 2024.05.31
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

We This study aimed to quantitatively analyze the theme of 'libertinage' and the associated issues of reason and emotion in 『Dangerous Liaisons』, a novel considered a masterpiece of libertine literature and an epistolary novel of the 18th century, using digital analysis tools. First, based on the frequency analysis of word usage using Voyant and LIWC 22, we confirmed that libertinage is manifested with keywords such as 'love' and 'time'. With Voyant's 'Contexts' feature, it was found that the letters sent by Valmont to Madame de Tourvel and those sent by Madame de Merteuil both have 'love' as the central theme. However, emotional vocabulary was higher in the former, whereas strategic vocabulary was more prevalent in the latter. Additionally, it was observed that the most frequently used word in the letters sent by Madame de Merteuil is 'time', with a higher frequency than 'love'. Thirdly, using LIWC 22, we measured the analytical thinking and emotional tone of the letters exchanged by the main characters, and analyzed how these values changed according to the chapters. Through these analyses, we confirmed that this novel, alongside Rousseau's "New Eloise," anticipates romanticism by embracing the theme of 'emotion,' which was rejected by 18th-century Enlightenment ideals.

본 연구는 디지털 분석 도구를 활용하여 서간체 형식의 18세기 리베르탱 소설의 걸작으로 꼽히는 『위험한 관계』를 대상으로 '리베르티나주(libertinage)'를 둘러싼 이성과 감정의 문제를 계량적으로 분석하였다. 첫째, Voyant과 LIWC 22의 사용 단어 빈도수 분석을 통해 리베르티나주가 'love'와 'time'과 같은 키워드로 발현되었음을 확인하였다. 둘째, Voyant의 'Contexts' 기능을 통해 발몽이 투르벨 부인에게 보낸 편지들과 메르퇴유 부인에게 보낸 편지들은 모두 'love'를 중심 테마로 하고 있지만, 전자에서는 감정적 어휘들이, 후자에서는 전략적 어휘들이 더 많이 사용된 것을 확인하였다. 그리고 메르퇴유가 보낸 편지에서 가장 많이 사용된 어휘는 'time'으로서 'love'보다 빈도수가 더 높은 것을 확인하였다. 셋째, LIWC 22를 이용하여 주요 인물들이 주고받은 편지들을 대상으로 인물별, 각부별 '분석적 사고(analytic thinking)'와 '감정적 어조(emotional tone)'를 각각 측정하고 분석하였다. 이상의 분석 결과들은 『위험한 관계』가 18세기 프랑스의 계몽주의 시대 때 배척의 대상이었던 '감정'이라는 문제에 천착하고 있는 작품임을, 그리고 루소의 『신 엘로이즈』처럼 낭만주의를 예고하는 작품임을 뒷받침하는 중요한 근거로서 유의미할 것이다.

Keywords

Acknowledgement

본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부 및 정보통신기획평가원의 메타버스 융합대학원의 연구결과로 수행되었음(IITP-2024-RS-2023-00254129

References

  1. Y.D. Kang, "A Study on the Design Method of British & American Literature Contents Model using Digital Software Program, Global Cultural Contents, No. 29, pp. 1-17, 2017.
  2. J.Y. Min, "A case study of Digital humanities lecture on Marcel Proust's A La Recherche du temps perdu", Journal of the convergence on culture technology(JCCT), Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 269-275, 2023. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2023.9.4.269
  3. D.L. Chodelos, translated by I. Ch. Park, Les liaisons dangereuses, Literature & Thought, 2003
  4. S.Y. Im, "Comparison of leaders' non-behavioral linguisticcharacteristics by gender: A case of new media content analysis using LIWC-22", Korean Corporation Management Review, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1-19, 2023. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10/21052/KCMR.2023.30.6.1 10/21052/KCMR.2023.30.6.1
  5. J.Y. Lee, "The Relationships between Organizational Context and CEO's Use of Psychological Words in Speeches: The Application of K-LIWC to POSCO Case", The Korean Journal of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 759-783, 2011. DOI : 10.24230/ksiop.24.4.201111.759
  6. J.W. Lee, J.H. Oh, J.S. Jung, C.H, Lee, "Counselor-Client Language Analysis Using the K-LIWC Program", Journal of The Korean Data Analysis Society, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 2545-2567, 2007.
  7. A. Gill and J. Oberlander, "Taking care of the linguistic features of extroversion," Proc. of the 24th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 363-368, 2002.
  8. M. R. Mehl, S. D. Gosling, and J. W. Pennebaker, "Personality in its natural habitat: Manifestations and implicit folk theories of personality in daily life", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 90, pp. 862-877, 2006. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.5.862
  9. A. Koutsoumpis, J.K. Oostrom, D. Holtrop et al. "The kernel of truth in text-based personality assessment: A meta-analysis of the relations between the Big Five and the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC)", Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 148, pp. 843-868, 2022. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000381
  10. J.W. Pennebaker, and A.K. Laura, "Linguistic styles: Language use as an individual difference,", Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol. 77, pp. 1296-1312, 1999.
  11. M. Liu, Y. Wu, D. Jiao, M.S. Wu, and T. Zhu, "Literary intelligence analysis of novel protagonists' personality traits and development", Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 221-229, 2019. DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqy020
  12. S.H. Choi, "You Know No Rules of Charity": A Corpus Analysis of 'Love' in WilliamShakespeare's Richard III Using Voyant Tools", Journal of British and American Studies, Vol. 60, pp. 89-125, 2024. DOI : http://doi.org/10.25093/ibas.2024.60.89
  13. S.Y. Yun, "Re-reading, Close Reading and Distant Reading of Literary Texts: Analysis of Robinson Crusoe(1719) and Foe(1986) through Text Ming", Journal of the Korean Association of African Studies, Vol. 68, pp. 101-132, 2023.
  14. A. Miller, "Text mining digital humanities projects: Assessing content analysis capabilities of voyant tools", Journal of Web Librarianship, Vo. 12, No. 3, PP. 169-197, 2018. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2018.1479673
  15. H. Hendrigan, "Mixing digital humanities and applied science librarianship: Using Voyant Tools to reveal word patterns in faculty research", Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Vol. 91. 2019. DOI : https://doi.org/10.29173/istl3
  16. M. Awasi, and A. Khalid, "Memory Study in The Danish Girl (2000) by David Ebershoff Through Voyant Text Mining Tools: A Digital Humanities (DH) Study", Forman Journal of Humanities, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 41-63, June 2023.
  17. H. Kim, "Digital Humanities - Cooperative Scheme between Humanities and Cultural Contents -", Humanities Contents, No. 29, p.12, 2013.