Emerging Patterns in Romanian Literature and Interactive Visualizations based on the General Dictionary of Romanian Literature

Abstract

The General Dictionary of Romanian Literature (DGLR) is a comprehensive work carried out by researchers from the literary institute of the Romanian Academy. DGLR offers detailed information about writers, editors, translators, literary publications, and cultural institutions that contributed to the Romanian national literature. The current work presents interactive web visualizations, based on statistical studies performed on the DGLR corpus, such as: biographical information; geographic information, including countries that part of the most important writers have visited, lived in, or studied in; active literary entities per year; timeline of publications for important writers. The purpose of the visualizations is to provide overviews regarding the Romanian literature to the general audience. In addition, our views offer valuable insights on the writers and their work across time. A survey was conducted on 20 users and most of them had a pleasant experience; recommendations on future developments were also provided.