{"id":711,"date":"2017-05-19T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/digital-computational-studies\/?p=711"},"modified":"2017-05-19T13:43:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:43:57","slug":"graphs-volume-2-chapter-8-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/digital-computational-studies\/digital-computational-studies\/graphs-volume-2-chapter-8-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphs – Volume 2, Chapter 8, To"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A manually interpreted graph of gossip in Volume 2, Chapter 8. Each edge begins with the character speaking and terminates at the character being spoken to. Female nodes are pink, and male ones are blue. The nodes are sized by out-degree, so characters who talk more appear as larger nodes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As this chapter depicts a party, the flow of conversation was challenging to depict graphically.\u00a0 The first, and arguably most significant speech in the chapter is when Mrs. Cole relates to a group of people the gossip about Jane Fairfax receiving a mysterious pianoforte.\u00a0 Austen summarizes this passage but does not provide the exact words of Mrs. Cole\u2019s relation.\u00a0 Further, we know that Mrs. Cole is talking generally to a group, but we do not know exactly who is in that group.\u00a0 The ambiguous nature of Mrs. Cole\u2019s audience creates an atmosphere of general mingling and portrays Mrs. Cole as the deliverer of news and the source of the gossip.\u00a0 For these reasons, I did not include this passage in the graph, even though it is the origin of all the gossip in this chapter.\u00a0 However, there is one concluding piece of dialogue[1]<\/a> from Mrs. Cole that does in some way manage to capture her role in the spread of gossip, if not fully.<\/p>\n

Another important consideration in graphically representing this chapter was the consideration of time.\u00a0 When reading Austen\u2019s description of the party, one can imagine a relatively large group of characters mingling.\u00a0 Characters move from group to group, listening, talking, and sharing gossip.\u00a0 However, there are only two primary sections of gossip-driven dialogue in the chapter, one between Emma and Frank Churchill and the other between Emma and Mrs. Weston.\u00a0 Portraying these conversations graphically does not fully capture the sense of time in the chapter.\u00a0\u00a0 For instance, someone interrupts Frank and Emma\u2019s conversation, and they both mingle with other characters before reuniting and continuing their previous conversation.\u00a0 Although the graph portrays this chapter as one continuous conversation, it is important to note the failings of a graphical portrayal of narrative.<\/p>\n

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An automatically interpreted graph of Volume 2, Chapter 8. Nodes are sized by out-degree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note the significant difference between the automatically generated graph and the manually created one.\u00a0 The manual graph much more clearly captures the flow of conversation as among characters, whereas the automatic graph is much more stark, with lines only from Emma to each character she interacts with.\u00a0 This difference is likely due to a reader\u2019s ability to detect nuances in conversation that the model for conversation performed by the automatic version cannot.\u00a0 For instance, Mr. Knightley calls out to Miss Bates to stop Jane from singing for too long.\u00a0 However, this piece of dialogue is not followed by a response from Miss Bates, so the automatic graph does not portray this interaction.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> \u201c\u2018One can suppose nothing else,\u2019 added Mrs. Cole, \u2018and I was only surprized that there could ever have been a doubt. But Jane, it seems, had a letter from them very lately, and not a word was said about it. She knows their ways best; but I should not consider their silence as any reason for their not meaning to make the present. They might chuse to surprise her\u201d (168-9).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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