{"title":"The Future of Cultural Studies and the Humanities","authors":"Dr. Amalia Călinescu","doi":"10.48189/nl.2022.v03i1.005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The current paper discusses the computerised future of cultural studies and the humanities by analysing the relation between theory and practice and the complementarity of science and literature. As a case study, the paper reports briefly on the research project Distorted Temporality in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Novels: A Holistic Approach, which proposes a theoretical and practical approach to the distorted nature of time in Ishigurian characters’ perception. The theoretical and empirical objectives of the study consisted in helping Ishiguro’s readers understand their natural tendency to distort time. The hypotheses and sub-hypotheses were tested using a quantitative approach, through a self-administered questionnaire in English, with closedand open-ended questions. One set of data was collected from 2610 Romanian and foreign respondents, with regard to their perception of time and their interpretation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels. The data set was then analysed using descriptive, inferential, and pathanalysis methods (frequencies, percentages, PLS-PM, t-tests, ANOVA, multiple linear and binary logistic regression, mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation) and two statistical programs (R studio 4.3.4. and WarpPLS 6.0.). The results indicate that, when embraced with an open heart, time distortion becomes a valuable tool for preserving human sanity and orientating human choices, decisions and actions in the right direction. Thus, if combined with the traditional approaches to literature, digital humanities and computational criticism could provide a more accurate image of world literature, far beyond the models of interpretation based on the literary canons.","PeriodicalId":205595,"journal":{"name":"New Literaria","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"New Literaria","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.48189/nl.2022.v03i1.005","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The current paper discusses the computerised future of cultural studies and the humanities by analysing the relation between theory and practice and the complementarity of science and literature. As a case study, the paper reports briefly on the research project Distorted Temporality in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Novels: A Holistic Approach, which proposes a theoretical and practical approach to the distorted nature of time in Ishigurian characters’ perception. The theoretical and empirical objectives of the study consisted in helping Ishiguro’s readers understand their natural tendency to distort time. The hypotheses and sub-hypotheses were tested using a quantitative approach, through a self-administered questionnaire in English, with closedand open-ended questions. One set of data was collected from 2610 Romanian and foreign respondents, with regard to their perception of time and their interpretation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels. The data set was then analysed using descriptive, inferential, and pathanalysis methods (frequencies, percentages, PLS-PM, t-tests, ANOVA, multiple linear and binary logistic regression, mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation) and two statistical programs (R studio 4.3.4. and WarpPLS 6.0.). The results indicate that, when embraced with an open heart, time distortion becomes a valuable tool for preserving human sanity and orientating human choices, decisions and actions in the right direction. Thus, if combined with the traditional approaches to literature, digital humanities and computational criticism could provide a more accurate image of world literature, far beyond the models of interpretation based on the literary canons.
本文通过分析理论与实践的关系以及科学与文学的互补性,讨论了文化研究和人文学科的计算机化未来。本文以“石黑一雄小说中的扭曲时间:整体观”为研究对象,对石黑一雄笔下人物感知中的时间扭曲本质提出了理论与实践的探讨。这项研究的理论和实证目的在于帮助石黑一雄的读者理解他们扭曲时间的自然倾向。假设和子假设使用定量方法进行测试,通过英语自我管理问卷,包括封闭式和开放式问题。一组数据是从2610名罗马尼亚和外国受访者中收集的,关于他们对时间的感知和他们对石黑一雄小说的解释。然后使用描述性、推断性和路径分析方法(频率、百分比、PLS-PM、t检验、方差分析、多元线性和二元逻辑回归、中介、调节和调节中介)和两个统计程序(R studio 4.3.4)对数据集进行分析。和WarpPLS 6.0.)。结果表明,当以开放的心态接受时,时间扭曲成为一种有价值的工具,可以保持人类的理智,并使人类的选择、决定和行动朝着正确的方向发展。因此,如果与传统的文学方法相结合,数字人文和计算批评可以提供一个更准确的世界文学形象,远远超出了基于文学经典的解释模式。