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1 Bo G. Ekelund Mikael Börjesson Sociology of Education and Culture Uppsala University A GDA of Literary Dissertation Bibliographies

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3 Transnational Strategies in Higher Education Funded by the Swedish Research Council Corpus: 680 Ph.D. dissertation bibliographies (from 819) Time period: from Departments of Literature 269 from Departments of Modern Languages (English, Germanic, Romance) 92 from other Departments 194,558 bibliographical references

4 Primary sources Secondary sources

5 ,00 1. Share of secondary sources 0,90 0,80 0,70 0,60 0,50 0,40 0,30 0,20 0,10 0,00

6 FCFC 5% (2283) FCDC 4% (1883) Figure 2. By number of cited critics (left) N=50,469 Figure 3. By number of citations (below) N=146,262 FCFC 22% (32,619) NFCC 92% (46303) Cited critics, three categories: Frequently cited foreign critics (FCFC) Frequently cited domestic critics (FCDC) Not frequently cited critics (NFCC) NFCC 53% (77,111) FCDC 25% (36,532)

7 To explore the pattern of choices among the references to the Frequently cited foreign critics Multiple Correspondence Analysis 13 active variables 44 modalities 676 active cases

8 13 Active variables Total number of references in the bibliography (RefTot) Share of secondary sources given to Frequently cited critics (FCC) Citations to theorists and critics: Structural, etc Marxist, etc Feminist theory Narrative theory Hermeneutics, etc Psychoanalytical theory, etc Historical-sociological Textual theories Other types of theory Postcolonial theory, etc Archetypal, myth and symbol

9 13 Active questions, 676 Active cases: Eigenvalues 0,3 0,25 0,2 0,15 0,1 0, Very strong first axis of haves and have-nots.

10 13 Active variables, 392 Active cases: Eigenvalues After removal of the bibliographies with citations in only five of 13 theory categories 0,2500 0,2000 0,1500 0,1000 0,0500 0, Strong first two axes, no clear cut-off point after second axis

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12 First axis: Left-hand pole Resistance to theory Structural 0; Marxist 0; Other 0; Hermeneutic 0

13 First axis: Left-hand pole Low on citational resources, generally Reftot <131

14 First axis: Left-hand pole Low conformity to the field s recognition of authorities FCC: 0-25% FCC: 26-39%

15 First Axis: Right-hand pole Embrace of theory Hermeneutic >3; Structural >12; Psychoanalysis >2; Other >2; Marxist >2

16 First Axis: Right-hand pole Rich in citational resources, generally RefTot: >430

17 First axis Poor vs Rich in recognized critical and theoretical secondary sources

18 Axis 1. Contributing variables and modalities Theory_struct2 20,4 Structural 1-2 4,3 Structural ,6 Structural 0 4,1 Theory_other2 13,6 34,0 Other 0 4,1 Other >2 9,1 Theory_herm2 13,5 47,5 Hermeneutic 0 4,7 Hermeneutic >3 8,4 Theory_Marx2 11,9 59,4 Marxist 0 4,3 Marxist >2 7,3 Theory_histsoc2 8,1 67,5 Hist-soc 0 3,0 Hist-soc >2 4,9 Tot_source2 7,9 75,4 RefTot: <131 3,2 RefTot: >430 2,2 Theory_psych2 7,4 82,8 Psychoanalysis 0 1,4 Psychoanalysis >2 5,5 Theory_narr2 6,2 89,0 Share_SEC_FCC 6,0 95,1 FCC: 0-25% 2,9 Theory_text2 2,6 97,6 Theory_poco3 1,4 99,0 Theory_archmyth2 0,9 99,9 Theory_fem2 0,1 100,0

19 Second axis: Upper-hand pole High conformity to recognized authorities Traditional and formalist types of theory FCC: 70-89% Textual >1; ArchMyth >2; Narrative >10

20 Second axis: Lowerhand pole Historicizing and sociological forms of critique Marxist >2; Hist-soc >2; Feminist >2; PoCo 1+

21 Second axis Traditional Formal vs Radical-critical Historical

22 Axis 2. Contributing variables and modalities Theory_poco3 17,0 PoCo: 1+ 11,8 PoCo: 0 5,2 Theory_histsoc2 14,8 31,8 Hist-soc >2 5,6 Hist-soc 0 9,0 Share_SEC_FCC 13,9 45,7 FCC: 26-39% 2,8 FCC: 70-89% 9,7 Theory_fem2 13,8 59,5 Feminist >2 8,9 Feminist 0 4,9 Theory_text2 12,6 72,1 Textual 0 4,9 Textual >1 7,7 Theory_archmyth2 9,1 81,2 ArchMyth 0 3,8 ArchMyth >2 4,3 Theory_Marx2 7,3 88,5 Marxist >2 4,9 Marxist 0 1,9 Theory_herm2 3,1 91,6 Theory_narr2 2,9 94,5 Theory_struct2 2,6 97,1 Theory_psych2 2,1 99,2 Tot_source2 0,5 99,7 Theory_other2 0,4 100,1

23 Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

24 Temporal logic: age Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

25 Temporal logic: literary period Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

26 Temporal logic: age of critics Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

27 Institutional logic: Universities Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

28 Institutional logic: Departments Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

29 Gender logic: individual gender Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

30 Gender logic: choice of author(s) Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

31 Individual theorists Traditional, formalist text-based choices Poor in theory Rich in theory Radical, historical, social contextual choices

32 Merci

33 Questions?

34 Members of academies: Royal Academy of Science; Royal Academy of Letters; the Swedish Academy

35 French theorists, place of publication Scandinavia UK and US France All others

36 Swedish literary works Share of original titles published: 41% - 52% Corresponding proportion of reviews: 70% Table 1. Objects of study in literary dissertations National origin: Sweden 45% Europe 37% North America 8% Others 10%

37 5a. Frequently cited foreign critics, residence, percentages FCFC, all (2283) Theorists only (627) TO, 20 diss or more (127) Top 30

38 50 5b. Frequently cited foreign critics, residence, percentages US FCFC, all (2238) UK Theorists only (627) Germany TO, 20 diss or more (127) France Top 30

39 50 5c. Frequently cited foreign critics, residence, percentages US FCFC, all (2238) UK Theorists only (627) Germany TO, 20 diss or more (127) France Top 30

40 5d. Frequently cited foreign critics, residence, percentages US FCFC, all (2238) UK Theorists only (627) Germany TO, 20 diss or more (127) France Top 30

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42 50 5e. Frequently cited foreign critics, residence, percentages US FCFC, all (2238) UK Theorists only (627) Germany TO, 20 diss or more (127) France Top 30

43 Roland Barthes, 367 citations in 170 dissertations. 42% published in France, 58% elsewhere.

44 6. Citations to Bakhtin Circle, site of publication Scandinavia Other US

45 Distribution of citations to leading theorists Slight overrepresentation in the core discipline (Departments of Litteraturvetenskap) Strong overrepresentation at Stockholm U Exception: Bourdieu at Uppsala, postcolonial theory at Uppsala. An effet de lieu. Does this say anything about the autonomy of these practices?

46 8. Share of female critics cited among FCFC 0,25 0,70 0,60 0,20 0,50 0,15 0,40 0,10 0,30 0,05 0,20 0,00 Share of femaleauthored dissertations, two-year intervals

47 2. Feminist theorists, mean number of citations Discipline Mean N, diss. Litteraturvetenskap 5,3 112 Engelska 8 87 Franska 3,8 18 Tyska 2,7 16 Övrigt 5,9 35 Total 6 268

48 3. Percentage of female-authored dissertations citing foreign feminist theorists Discipline % Litteraturvetenskap 45% 69 of 152 Engelska 68% 63 of 92 Franska 28% 11 of 40 Tyska 38% 13 of 34 Övrigt 35% 22 of 63 Total 47% 178 of 381

49 Distribution of citations to foreign feminist theory Strong overrepresentation at Departments of English A strong domestic network of citable authorities? Emergent but dominated practice

50 4. FCFC share of secondary sources 0,45 0,40 0,35 0,30 0,25 0,20 0,15 0,10 0,05 0,00 Littvet Modlang

51 8. FCFC, country of publication of cited works 0% 5% 1% 1% 17% 28% US UK Germany France 13% Scandinavia 14% 21% Eastern Europe Western Europe, other CAN All others

52 Wellek, René Hermand, Jost Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty Calinescu, Matei Said, Edward W Jakobson, Roman Cohn, Dorrit Steiner, George Hassan, Ihab Man, Paul de Auerbach, Erich Bettelheim, Bruno Moi, Toril Eliade, Mircea Felski, Rita Lauretis, Teresa de Fromm, Erich Bhabha, Homi K

53 9. FCFC, country of publication of cited works, littvet only 1% 0% 0% 3% 24% US UK 29% Germany France Scandinavia Eastern Europe 17% Western Europe CAN All other 12% 14%

54 Table 1. Secondary sources, 3 categories Number of critics Number Percent of citations Percent Frequently cited foreign critics % % Frequently cited domestic critics % % Infrequently cited critics, all % % Total % %

55 Frequently cited foreign critics, residence (percentages) US France UK Germany All FCFC 2283 Western Europe Theorists only 628 Eastern Europe CAN TO, 20 diss or more TO, top Scandinavia All other Multiple

56 FCFC, national origin by citations US UK Germany France All other

57 FCFC, national residence by citations US UK Germany France All other

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