Are Computational Literary Studies Structuralist?

In this contribution we discuss what call the “digital humanities-as-structuralism” narrative for case of computational literary studies. To better understand entailed criticism, start with some background non-computational aspects in narrative. First, single out major criticisms against structuralism. We then introduce a general and theory-independent model text analysis hypothesis development justification This builds ground our structuralism discussion narrative, examine use methods exploration confirmation interpretation hypotheses its potential relation to structuralist issues. argue that may be productive where it cautions reductionist approaches, but is not appropriate describing exploratory or partial approaches presentation their findings. There, should rather seen as enabling connectivity fostering joint endeavor understanding.