Complex Network Analysis of a Graphic Novel: The Case of the Bande Dessinée Thorgal
Complex Network Analysis of a Graphic Novel: The Case of the Bande Dessinée Thorgal
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图画小说的复杂网络分析：Bande Dessinée Thorgal 案例
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10.1142/s0219525922400033
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2022
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Vincent Labatut
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作者：
Vincent Labatut
从小说和电影等虚构作品中提取和分析人物网络的任务已经成为许多最近出版物的目标。然而，其中只有极少数人关注图形小说，更少的是欧洲图形小说。在这篇文章中，我们专注于索尔加尔，一个bande dessin{\'e}e，即法国-比利时传统的漫画。我们手动注释本系列的所有卷，以构成一个语料库，使我们能够提取其字符网络。我们进行了描述性的网络结构分析，并将其与现实世界和虚构的社交网络进行比较。我们还研究了字符过滤对网络结构的影响。最后，我们利用复杂的网络分析工具来回答两个研究问题，从文献中，Thorgal和冰岛人的佐贺之间的相似性;和妇女在该系列中的位置。我们的数据和源代码都是在线公开的。
The task of extracting and analyzing character networks from works of fiction, such as novels and movies, has been the object of a number of recent publications. However, only a very few of them focus on graphic novels, and even fewer on European graphic novels. In this article, we focus on Thorgal, a bande dessin{\'e}e, i.e. a comic of the French-Belgian tradition. We manually annotate all the volumes of this series, in order to constitute a corpus allowing us to extract its character network. We perform a descriptive analysis of the network structure and compare it to real-world and fictional social networks. We also study the effect of character filtering over the network structure. Finally, we leverage complex network analysis tools to answer two research questions from the literature, related to the similarity between Thorgal and the Saga of Icelanders; and to the position of women in the series. Our data and source code are both publicly available online.