Visualising the Dynamics of Character Networks
Visualising the Dynamics of Character Networks
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可视化字符网络的动态
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2016
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Martin Grandjean
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Aris Xanthos;Isaac Pante;Yannick Rochat;Martin Grandjean
给定叙事（小说、戏剧、电影、图画小说等）的人物网络模型的结构所形成的关系，在其字符系统（Woloch，2003）。两个人物之间的关系象征着他们在叙事部分的共同存在;所有人物之间的整套关系构成了这个人物系统的形式模型，并有助于展示和分析。例如，Moretti（2011）使用网络建模来比较莎士比亚的哈姆雷特中主角的重要性，而Trilcke等人（2015）为465部德国戏剧创建了角色网络，并使用它们来启动对德国戏剧的更广泛研究。
大多数应用的字符网络分析忽视了时间性，可能是因为它的代表性的复杂性。因此，系统中的所有关系都被认为是同时发生的：人们无法区分一个给定的边是在研究工作的开始、结束还是在几个部分中象征一个关系。此外，由于时间性没有被考虑在内，通常没有办法将网络可视化与源叙事的展开联系起来。虽然Roberts-Smith et al.（2013）中讨论的原型提供了动态可视化戏剧文本的简单方法，但它们是以一种与角色网络建模无关的方式实现的。
基于这些观察，我们开始开发一个开源的Web应用程序，它将戏剧的角色系统建模为与实际叙事内容同步的网络状态序列（https：//github.com/maladesimaginaires/intnetviz）。本文提出了一个高层次的概述，我们的应用程序，先后集中在底层结构提取过程中，图形界面的概念，并设想它的使用范围。在结论中，我们唤起的方式，我们打算开发它，并反映在一个更认识论的水平上，这种发展的潜在意义。
The character network of a given narrative (novel, play, film, graphic novel, etc.) models the structure formed by the relations in its character-system (Woloch, 2003). A relation between two characters symbolises their co-presence in parts of the narrative; the entire set of relations between all characters constitutes a formal model of this character-system and lends itself to display and analysis. For example, Moretti (2011) used network modelling to compare the importance of protagonists from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, while Trilcke et al. (2015) created character networks for 465 German plays and used them to initiate a wider study of German Theatre.
Most applications of character network analysis have disregarded temporality, possibly because of its representational complexity. Consequently, all relations in the system are considered as happening at the same time: one cannot distinguish if a given edge symbolises a relation at the start, at the end, or in several parts of the work under study. Furthermore, because temporality is not being accounted for, there is usually no way of relating the network visualisation with the unfolding of the source narrative. While prototypes such as those discussed in Roberts-Smith et al. (2013) offer sophisticate ways of dynamically visualising the text of theatre plays, they do so in a way that is unrelated to character network modelling.
Based on these observations, we set out to develop an open source web application which models the character-system of theatre plays as a sequence of network states synchronised with the actual narrative content (https://github.com/maladesimaginaires/intnetviz). This paper proposes a high-level overview of our application , successively focusing on the underlying structure extraction process, the conception of the graphical interface, and the range of uses envisioned for it. In the conclusion, we evoke the ways in which we intend to develop it and reflect on the potential significance of this development at a more epistemological level.