OuLiPo and the Mathematics of Literature

The French literary collective OuLiPo was founded in 1960 with the goal of applying mathematics to literary creation. This book retraces the historical foundations of the group's unprecedented literary project, demonstrating the impact of the group's experimental literary proeduction and engagement with abstract, mathematical thought.

Autorentext

Natalie Berkman is a higher education specialist and award-winning scholar with almost a decade of experience in pedagogy, curriculum design, research, mentoring, and academic administration. Trained as both a literary scholar and mathematician, Natalie completed her PhD in French Literature at Princeton University as well as a BA in Mathematics, Creative Writing, and French Literature at Johns Hopkins University. She has published numerous articles in flagship journals, including Modern Language Notes, Genesis, Digital Humanities Quarterly, and Études littéraires and presents regularly at the major Literature, Digital Humanities, and History of Science conferences. Her work has been sponsored by the Princeton Center for Digital Humanities, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Modern Language Association, the ANR DifdePo Research Group, and the École Normale Supérieure. Natalie won the 2019 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century French Studies for the proposal for this book.

Inhalt

Contents: Set Theory - Algebra - Combinatorics - Algorithms - Geometry - Conclusion - Annex: Ouvroir de Peinture Potentielle (OuPeinPo).