Fernando Pessoa represents an extreme case in the context of contemporary author’s philology. The breadth of his legacy, the large number of unpublished works at his death, the disorganisation and incompleteness of his materials and the entropy caused by the early processes of inventory produced an archive, now largely in the possession of the Portuguese National Library, partially refractory to the application of traditional text-criticism methods. This paper will demonstrate, through some application examples, that a careful study of material aspects concerning the originals of the Pessoa archive, made through the use of Artificial Adaptive Systems, will shed new light on the complex and multi-layered writing system created by Pessoa and identify new genetic relationships among his works, useful for the construction of an overall mapping of his literary output.
Fernando Pessoa rappresenta un caso estremo nel contesto della filologia d'autore contemporanea. L'ampiezza del suo lascito, il vaswto numero di opere postume, la disorganizzazione e incompletezza dei suoi materiali e l'entropia causata dai primi processi di inventariazione hanno prodotto un fondo, ora in gran parte in possesso della Biblioteca Nazionale di Lisbona, in buona parte refrattario all'applicazione dei tradizionali metodi ecdotici. Il presente contribuot vuole dimostrare, attraverso alcuni esempi applicativi, che un attento studio degli aspetti materiali relativi agli originali del Fondo Pessoa, compiuto attraverso l'uso di Sistemi Artificiali Adattivi, potrà illuminare in modi nuovi il complesso e stratificato sistema creato da Pessoa e identificare nuove relazioni genetiche allì'interno della sua opera, utile per costruire una nuova mappa complessiva del suo lascito letterario.
Artificial Adaptive Systems for Philological Analysis: the Pessoa Case / Celani, Simone. - In: ARCHEOLOGIA E CALCOLATORI. - ISSN 1120-6861. - STAMPA. - Supplemento 6:(2014), pp. 203-215.
Artificial Adaptive Systems for Philological Analysis: the Pessoa Case
CELANI, Simone
2014
Abstract
Fernando Pessoa represents an extreme case in the context of contemporary author’s philology. The breadth of his legacy, the large number of unpublished works at his death, the disorganisation and incompleteness of his materials and the entropy caused by the early processes of inventory produced an archive, now largely in the possession of the Portuguese National Library, partially refractory to the application of traditional text-criticism methods. This paper will demonstrate, through some application examples, that a careful study of material aspects concerning the originals of the Pessoa archive, made through the use of Artificial Adaptive Systems, will shed new light on the complex and multi-layered writing system created by Pessoa and identify new genetic relationships among his works, useful for the construction of an overall mapping of his literary output.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.