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Phantom Pregnancy and Phenomenology in Decameron viii. 3 and ix. 3

This insight explores two stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron, both featuring the character of Calandrino, through the lens of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology. It argues that the comedy of both tales relies upon a disjuncture between what Merleau-Ponty terms the ‘lived body’ and the ‘objective body’. This phenomenological conception of embodiment is then used to explore the ways…

Reading Between the Lines of Data: Critical Data Literacy, Wikidata, and Sappho

In Digital Humanities and Computational Literary Studies, platforms like Wikidata are crucial for retrieving structured data. But how reliable is this data? This insight looks at Sappho’s Wikidata entry (Q17892) as a case study to explore issues of data accuracy, misinformation, and the impact of cultural reception. Even though Wikidata’s openness allows for extensive data…

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Mundus est fabula

René Descartes employs the term “fable” or “fabula” in numerous instances throughout his work, yet he never provides an explicit account of his understanding of the term. In my paper, I aim to establish an understanding of this usage in relation to the overarching theme of framing narratives. I highlight that, despite Descartes’s texts generally…

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