On the use of computer technology for the analysis of literary texts (on the example of V.G. Korolenko's works)

Abstract

The article discusses some of the possibilities of using computer technology in the study of literary texts. The subject of the research are the following works by V.G. Korolenko: "Makar's Dream", "The Old Bell Ringer", "On the night of a Bright Holiday", "Behind the Icon", "Along the Way", "Birds of the Sky", "On Volga", "On the Eclipse", "The Blind Musician", written by in the period 1883-1898. At the same time, the following are studied: 1) the dependence of the number of word uses on the rank of the word; 2) the correspondence of the text to the Zipf distribution and the Pareto rule; 3) the features of conceptualization of the most important concepts of GOOD and EVIL, WEALTH and POVERTY; 4) conducting a sentimental analysis of texts, obtaining a graph of the dependence of the word tonality on its position in the text; 5) the spectral analysis of the dependence of tonality on the words position in the text. Computer programs written in ABCPascal and online Internet resources (in particular, the Qwen neural network) are used which allows solving various tasks. As a result, graphs of the dependence of the word tonality on the position in the text, as well as a spectrum of irregular fluctuations of tonality along the text, are obtained. It is shown that the intellectual analysis of texts helps to establish statistical patterns associated with the alternation of periodic structures (words, sentences, microthemes, etc.).