Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Fall 2025
Abstract
Mrs. Dalloway, a highly renowned stream-of-consciousness novel in modern literature, employs extensive use of free indirect speech and shifting focalization, leaving the relationships between its characters elusive and sophisticated. How does social network analysis behave when focalization shifts rapidly across characters in free indirect discourse? This study employs specific literary analysis with social network analysis as digital humanities methodology to investigate the contrast between the superficial social structures and the interior psychological relationship structures. I referenced Jessica Daugherty’s poster on social network analysis and Professor Elkin’s sentiment analysis on Mrs. Dalloway as my sources of inspiration, and I used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google Colab as tools to generate visualizations.
Recommended Citation
Jiang, Zhuojun, "Mapping Interior Focalization: Social Network Analysis and Free Indirect Discourse in Mrs. Dalloway" (2025). IPHS 200: Programming Humanity. Paper 86.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/dh_iphs_prog/86
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