Alejandro Cienfuegos - M.A. - Estilometría y Siglo de Oro.pdf

This paper presents a series of experiments using tools offered by the digital humanities to try to bring new perspectives to a long-discussed case of authorship attribution: regarding the short novel “La tía fingida» (The Pretended Aunt) attributed to Cervantes. In order to achieve this aim, we will first present some theoretical aspects of the concept of style and its definition in the digital humanities. The process of compilation of the corpus and some of the general problems of authorship attribution in the Spanish Golden Age are also discussed. By trying out the method of stylometry and using “stylo” as a tool, the different functions and experiments carried out, both for attribution and authorship verification, are presented. The results show that “El celoso extremeño” and “La tía fingida” seem to have a stylistic relatedness so are able to conclude with a summary of the literary analysis and finally contrast both works from the stylometric and literary criticism perspective.