Formal model for evaluating the image of a character in a fictional work (based on G. Orwell’s novel “1984”)
Gorozhanov Alexey Ivanovich, Krasikova Elizaveta Alexandrovna
Moscow State Linguistic University
Submitted: 06.08.2024
Abstract. The aim of the research is to develop and test a formal model for evaluating the image of a character in a fictional work based on the corpus approach. The scientific originality lies in the fact that for the first time such an analysis of the character of a fictional work is carried out on the basis of the corpus approach. In the course of the work, a balanced corpus of the original text of the novel “1984” by G. Orwell was formed, which includes the marking of hierarchical relationships between the tokens. A number of search queries to the corpus were carried out using the author’s software “Balanced Linguistic Corpus Generator and Corpus Manager”. With the help of this tool, a frequency list of proper names from the novel was obtained and lists of tokens characterizing its main characters were output. The data obtained is extracted during the operation of a special algorithm built into the corpus manager, which selects from the text significant character traits and related lexical units. Thus, a model for evaluating the image of a character is built as a formal description of a system of interconnected hierarchical text elements. The results of the study were analyzed and compared with the results of mental interpretation. Thus, the characters’ profiles were compiled in terms of a formal description of their actions and those objects to which their actions were directed.
Key words and phrases: корпусная лингвистика, формальная модель, интерпретация художественного произведения, образ персонажа, роман Дж. Оруэлла «1984», английский язык, corpus linguistics, formal model, interpretation of fictional works, character image, G. Orwell’s novel “1984”, English language
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