Publications


Journal Articles

Toward an Ontological Representation of Fictional Characters
Bourgois, A. ; Barré, J. ; Seminck, O. ; Poibeau, T. (2026).
Journal of Computational Humanities Research, Cambridge University Press
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BookNLP-fr, the French Versant of BookNLP. A Tailored Pipeline for 19th and 20th Century French Literature
Mélanie-Becquet, F. ; Barré, J. ; Seminck, O. ; Plancq, C. ; Naguib, M. ; Pastor, M. ; Poibeau, T. (2024).
Journal of Computational Literary Studies, 3(1), 1-34.
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Operationalizing Canonicity: A Quantitative Study of French 19th and 20th Century Literature
Barré, J. ; Camps, JB. ; Poibeau, T. (2023).
Journal of Cultural Analytics, 8(1).
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Conference Articles

2025

Modeling the Birth of a Literary Archetype: The case of the Detective Figure in French Fiction
Barré, J. ; Seminck, O. ; Bourgois, A. ; Poibeau, T. Conference on Computational Humanities Research (CHR2025), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
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Patterns of Canon: A Multilingual Network Study
Brottrager, J. ; Barré, J. ; Bizzoni, Y. ; Feldkamp-Moreira, P. Conference on Computational Humanities Research (CHR2025), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Proceedings
The times are a-changin': présent vs passé simple in French novels (1811-2020)
Gabay, S. ; Barré, J. ; Cafiero, F. Digital Humanities Benelux, Amsterdam.
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2024

Latent Structures of Intertextuality in French Fiction
Barré, J. CHR2024, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Network Analysis, Plot Theory: Revisiting French Literature through Character Networks
Chen, N. ; Mélanie-Becquet, F. ; Barré, J. ; Poibeau, T. DH2024, Washington.
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Détection automatique de l'architextualité dans le roman d'aventures
Barré, J. Humanistica 2024, Meknès, Maroc.
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2023

Beyond Canonicity. Modeling Canon/Archive Literary Change in French Fiction
Barré, J. ; Poibeau, T. CHR2023, Paris, France.
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Gender Bias in French Literature
Vianne, L. ; Dupont, Y. ; Barré, J. CHR2023, Paris, France.
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Pour une Détection Automatique de l'Espace Personnage dans les Romans
Barré, J. ; Cabrera-Ramirez, P. ; Mélanie-Becquet, F. ; Galleron, I. Humanistica 2023, Genève, Suisse.
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