Abstract This paper studies the processes of canonization that unfold on Archive of Our Own, one of the largest contemporary online fanfiction websites. Fanfiction, on both the production and consumpt...

ALT: Woody Falls Off Bullseye: Embarrassed

Abstract. Sensory studies is an interdisciplinary field connecting insights from history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religion, literature, and ar

Turning reading into research: Researching literature through its reception.Research Methods in Literary Reception Studies is the first handbook that offers a systematic, hands-on guide to the study.....

This paper analyzes the relationship between the Twilight Saga and Fifty Shades trilogy as a case study on the relationship between published fiction and fanfiction. We aim to develop computational me...

Fanfiction – stories written by and for fans, inspired by existing stories, and published for free online – often contains and explores illness narratives. This poster presents an exploratory analysis...

This paper employs Riveter (Antoniak et al. 2023) to analyze the dynamics of power and agency between the characters of Persephone and Hades in 482 short works of fanfiction (369,809 words total) abou...

In Hadestown komt de Griekse onderwereld van Hades en Persephone in een musical tot leven. Naast het oude verhaal is er ook ruimte voor een modern probleem: klimaatverandering.

Powerpoint for the long paper presented at DH2025. We analyze associations between fictional characters and emotions in a corpus of fanfiction about Greek myth, using vector space models. We examine t...