Research on Modern Japanese Literature Using Full-Text Data
Introduction
Recently, the availability and use of Japanese full-text data has been increasing with remarkable speed. What approaches can the study of modern Japanese literature take in the face of the emergence of these new digital archives? This lecture will focus on the National Diet Library Digital Collections and its Next Digital Library, referring to Aozora Bunko and other digital library services as needed to show examples of their practices. Major topics will include an exploration of historical changes in concepts and keywords as well as the use of large-scale full-text data to discover new subgenres and to conduct a reception analysis.
The content of this video is based on a webinar "Information Sources for Japanese studies (in FY2023)" that was given on February, 2024, by Dr. Yoshitaka Hibi, professor at Nagoya University.
Link to video training program
Details
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 2 minutes |
| About this webinar | 2 minutes |
| 1. The status of full-text text data from the perspective of researchers of modern Japanese literature | 12 minutes |
| 2. Try using the service – National Diet Library's NDL Ngram Viewer | 17 minutes |
| 3. Example of literary research using full-text data | 22 minutes |
| Summary | 2 minutes |
Reference
- Webinar: Information Sources for Japanese studies (in FY2023)
- Handout (PDF: 1.52MB)
- NDL Digital Collections
- Next Digital Library
- NDL Ngram Viewer (in Japanese)
- Aozora Bunko (in Japanese)
Publication Date
September 2024