摘要：Este artigo examinará um conjunto de textos críticos produzidos no Reino Unido, na França e em Portugal, entre 1797 e 1821, a fim de entender como os homens de letras reagiam aos romances no início do século XIX e que critérios empregavam em suas análises. Interessa também observar se a língua em que foram escritos os textos e a finalidade com que se produziram os comentários interferiram no modo de pensar sobre a ficção. O estudo se vale de uma ferramenta digital de anotações, denominada DLNotes2, que permite realizar comparações entre grandes quantidades de dados com uma precisão que a simples leitura dos textos não permitiria. As análises revelaram a existência de uma comunidade letrada transnacional, que pensava sobre os romances de maneira bastante semelhante.
其他摘要：This article examines a set of critical texts produced in the United Kingdom, France and Portugal between 1797 and 1821 in order to understand how men of letters reacted to novels in the early nineteenth century and what criteria they used in their analyses. The paper inquires whether the language in which the texts were written and its purpose interfered in thinking about fiction. The study uses a digital annotation tool, DLNotes2, which allows comparisons between large amounts of data with an accuracy that a regular reading would not allow. The analysis revealed the existence of a transnational literate community, which thought about the novels in a very similar way.This article examines a set of critical texts produced in the United Kingdom, France and Portugal between 1797 and 1821 in order to understand how men of letters reacted to novels in the early nineteenth century and what criteria they used in their analyses. The paper inquires whether the language in which the texts were written and its purpose interfered in thinking about fiction. The study uses a digital annotation tool, DLNotes2, which allows comparisons between large amounts of data with an accuracy that a regular reading would not allow. The analysis revealed the existence of a transnational literate community, which thought about the novels in a very similar way.
关键词：Crítica literária; humanidades digitais; romance; século XIX.
其他关键词：Literary criticism; digital humanities; novel; 19th century.
