Thesis
The U.S. Local Color Corpus 1865-1920 (USLoCo): A Critical Description With Notes for Applications and Preservation
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
01/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004491
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/123122
Abstract
The following thesis is a critical description of the U.S. Local Color Corpus (USLoCo). USLoCo is a dataset and research tool of my own making. It is composed of 730 short stories, novellas, and serialized novel chapters that were published between 1865 and 1920. Each text is categorized by author, title, author’s race, author’s gender, date of publication, and its setting assigned to three regional definitions: U.S. state setting, subregional setting, and ecoregional setting. All texts fit a specific definition of “local color fiction” described in chapter two. The purpose of this thesis is to prepare literary scholars to employ USLoCo in their research or teaching practices. It provides a history of the local color genre, a history of scholarly work on the subject, a concise breakdown of the dataset alongside metadata, and some suggested applications as well as notes on preservation. After reading this thesis, scholars and students should be able to employ USLoCo knowledgeably, conscientiously, and effectively.
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- Title
- The U.S. Local Color Corpus 1865-1920 (USLoCo)
- Creators
- Matthew Johannes Kollmer
- Contributors
- Donna Campbell (Advisor)Roger Whitson (Committee Member)Donna Potts (Committee Member)Kirk McAuley (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 72
- Identifiers
- 99900882236401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis