Narrative conflicts: a tri-modal computational analysis of antagonism in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

dc.authorid0000-0003-1677-9496
dc.authorid0000-0002-9333-5699
dc.authorid0009-0001-5735-9036
dc.contributor.authorYavuz, Mehmet Canen_US
dc.contributor.authorCascone, Luciaen_US
dc.contributor.authorÖzkan, Aylinen_US
dc.contributor.authorErtaş, İremen_US
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-22T07:05:53Z
dc.date.available2026-04-22T07:05:53Z
dc.date.issued2025-09-26
dc.departmentIşık Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.departmentIşık University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Engineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study introduces a novel computational framework to analyze multi-modal antagonisms—semantic, emotional, and relational—in dramatic literature, specifically focusing on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Employing natural language processing (NLP) techniques, text embeddings, emotion classifiers, and network-based character analyses, we systematically extract and quantify antagonistic relationships within the play. Semantic antagonisms are identified through hierarchical clustering and dimensionality reduction of character embeddings, revealing rhetorical groupings aligned closely with narrative functions. Emotional antagonisms, captured via emotion distribution profiles and variance analysis, illuminate characters’ affective dynamics and their alignment with dramatic roles. Relational antagonisms are explored through co-occurrence networks, highlighting unexpected centrality of minor characters as critical mediators of conflict. Integrating these modalities with Hegelian dialectics and Nietzschean interpretations, our tri-modal analysis provides fresh insights into ideological tensions, character motivations, and narrative structure. This interdisciplinary approach demonstrates the effectiveness of AI-driven tools in enriching literary criticism opening new avenues for exploring conflict dynamics in canonical texts.en_US
dc.description.versionPublisher's Versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationYavuz, M. C., Cascone, L., Özkan, A. & Ertaş, İ. (2025). Narrative conflicts: a tri-modal computational analysis of antagonism in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Paper presented at the CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1-11.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage11
dc.identifier.issn16130073
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105034270876
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11729/7332
dc.identifier.urihttps://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4112/
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorYavuz, Mehmet Canen_US
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0003-1677-9496
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.publisherCEUR-WSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCEUR Workshop Proceedingsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectArtificial literatureen_US
dc.subjectComputational literary criticismen_US
dc.subjectEmotional antagonismen_US
dc.subjectRelational antagonismen_US
dc.subjectSemantic antagonismen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral researchen_US
dc.subjectDimensionality reductionen_US
dc.subjectHierarchical clusteringen_US
dc.subjectModal analysisen_US
dc.subjectNatural language processing systemsen_US
dc.subjectNetwork embeddingsen_US
dc.subjectComputational analysisen_US
dc.subjectComputational frameworken_US
dc.subjectEmbeddingsen_US
dc.subjectMulti-modalen_US
dc.subjectShakespeareen_US
dc.subjectSemanticsen_US
dc.titleNarrative conflicts: a tri-modal computational analysis of antagonism in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesaren_US
dc.typeConference Objecten_US
dspace.entity.typePublicationen_US

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