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Producing Visualizations of Elements in Works of Literature

  • US 20160379392A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2016
  • Published: 12/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for visualizing literary elements as a graph comprising:

  • receiving, by a computer system, a set of meta-data records representing the contents of an existing digital work of literature, wherein each meta-data record comprises a significance value for a literary element and a relationship of the literary element to one or more items selected from the group consisting of a character, and a literary plot device, and a position where the literary element occurs within a literary plot of the work of literature;

    graphing, by a computer system, the literary elements, characters and plot devices in a sequential graph having a first axis corresponding to a progression of the literary plot within the work of literature, a second axis orthogonal to the first axis corresponds to significance level, and a plurality of points located within the sequential graph as a function of the occurrence position and significance level for each literary element; and

    rendering, by a computer system, the sequential graph to an output of the computer system.

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