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136033 SE Computational Methods for Text Stemmatology (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

UPDATE 19.11.2021: For the duration of the Covid lockdown, class sessions will be held remotely via Zoom. A link for the respective session will be published each week in Moodle.

  • Monday 04.10. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 11.10. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 18.10. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 25.10. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 08.11. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 15.11. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 22.11. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 29.11. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 06.12. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 13.12. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 10.01. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 17.01. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 24.01. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 31.01. 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the seminar is to introduce students to the practise of stemmatology (genealogy of hand-copied texts and construction of a hypothetical family tree of surviving manuscripts) and especially the computational methods that have been devised and adopted over the last four decades. Using both "artificial" and real-world texts, we will first review the theories and principles behind stemmatology that have been developed since the nineteenth century, and then we will dive more deeply into the statistics and mathematics behind the most frequently-used computational methods.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment will be based on participation (class discussions and preparation for same, via assigned readings) and especially on the seminar paper, including presentation of its contents in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation 20%, seminar paper 80% (exposé 20%, paper 50%, presentation 10%). Format of the paper (especially proportion of prose to code) is to be proposed in the exposé. Minimum requirement for positive evaluation in this class is a grade of 51% in EACH of the assessment categories.

Examination topics

Based on seminar paper topics chosen by students.

Reading list

Roelli, Philipp et al. (eds). *Stemmatology in the Digital Age: An Introduction*. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020.
Trovato, Paolo. *Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Lachmann’s Method*. Translated by Federico Poole. Padova: libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni, 2014.

(other articles as they arise)

Association in the course directory

DHP-S

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