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SUMMARY:Reading by numbers:Using quantitative methods in literary research
  - Sarah Hardstaff\, Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Ting Ding
DESCRIPTION:Some would suggest that scientists and literary scholars make 
 strange bedfellows. But our seemingly incompatible world-views can reflect
  and inform each other\, particularly in the highly interdisciplinary fiel
 d of educational research. \n\nLiterary scholars have long debated whether
  it is desirable or even possible to quantify a work of fiction. In this s
 eminar\, I will discuss some of the key arguments from both sides of the d
 ebate\, focussing mainly on the many competing positions within reader-res
 ponse theory.\n\nI will also be exploring the potential benefits and drawb
 acks of using quantitative methods in non-empirical literary research. I w
 ill share some examples from my own work\, looking at how the toolkits of 
 corpus linguistics\, functional linguistics and content analysis can give 
 new and surprising insights into fictional texts\, as well as briefly exam
 ining the growing influence of developmental psychology and neurology on t
 heoretical research into children’s literature.\n
LOCATION:Room GS1\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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