http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/caleb-in-the-chipper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caleb-in-the-chipper English 738T, Spring 2015 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 04:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/caleb-in-the-chipper/#comment-340 Allison Wyss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:32:26 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/?p=547#comment-340 Hmm. Just tried again, but I guess it still didn't work. (I see them.) I'll give it another go after class. Hmm. Just tried again, but I guess it still didn’t work. (I see them.) I’ll give it another go after class.

]]> http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/caleb-in-the-chipper/#comment-329 Neil Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:18:05 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/?p=547#comment-329 Ally--The image doesn't seem to be here. Ally–The image doesn’t seem to be here.

]]> http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/caleb-in-the-chipper/#comment-326 Allison Wyss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:28:25 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/?p=547#comment-326 The simple example in this post also illustrates the way my mind works. I research at night, think "that is weird," get frustrated and go to sleep. Then I wake up with theories for the weirdness. Of course, this example is not that weird. But using DH methods to find instances of "weirdness"--that's a good way to trigger those theories I might wake up with in the morning. The simple example in this post also illustrates the way my mind works. I research at night, think “that is weird,” get frustrated and go to sleep. Then I wake up with theories for the weirdness. Of course, this example is not that weird. But using DH methods to find instances of “weirdness”–that’s a good way to trigger those theories I might wake up with in the morning.

]]> http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/caleb-in-the-chipper/#comment-325 Allison Wyss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:21:24 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/?p=547#comment-325 I mentioned I was surprised to find such a strong "hope" topic in Caleb Williams. I can think of three reasons it might appear so strongly 1. Caleb Williams really is a novel about hope. 2. Wood chipper is picking up negative instances of hope: "There is no hope" and such. 3. The novel deliberately toys with us, setting up moments of hope, just to dash them. Further analysis (digging in to the passages wood chipper has identified) could determine which of these three it is, or the hope could be explained by an entirely different theory that I would find once I started digging in. This is a rather simplistic example, but I think it illustrates a way that wood chipper can be helpful. I mentioned I was surprised to find such a strong “hope” topic in Caleb Williams. I can think of three reasons it might appear so strongly
1. Caleb Williams really is a novel about hope.
2. Wood chipper is picking up negative instances of hope: “There is no hope” and such.
3. The novel deliberately toys with us, setting up moments of hope, just to dash them.
Further analysis (digging in to the passages wood chipper has identified) could determine which of these three it is, or the hope could be explained by an entirely different theory that I would find once I started digging in.
This is a rather simplistic example, but I think it illustrates a way that wood chipper can be helpful.

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