Radhika Mehta

When Machines Read Literature: AI Bias and Literary Interpretation Introduction Artificial Intelligence has increasingly entered the field of literary studies. Tools such as ChatGPT and other AI-based language models can summarize novels, analyse poems, identify themes, explain literary theories, and even offer interpretations of complex texts. However, the use of AI in literary interpretation also raises an important question: Can a machine interpret literature without bias? The video “Bias in A.I. models and its implications in literary interpretation,” presented by SRM University–Sikkim, draws attention to the relationship between Artificial Intelligence, bias, and the interpretation of literature. The discussion is particularly relevant in the context of Digital Humanities, where traditional literary studies increasingly interact with computational technologies. What Is AI Bias? AI systems learn from large amounts of human-generated data. Since human language and culture contain ...

Exploring Digital Humanities: Machines, Poetry, CLiC, Voyant and Orange Introduction Digital Humanities is an emerging field that connects traditional humanities subjects such as literature, language, history, and culture with digital technology. As an M.A. English student, I usually study literary texts through close reading, interpretation, and critical analysis. However, digital tools provide a different way of understanding literature. They help us examine large amounts of textual data, identify patterns, compare texts, and represent information visually. As part of this activity, I explored different resources and tools related to Digital Humanities. These included the discussion “What If Machines Write Poems?” , Oscar Schwartz’s TED Talk “Can a Computer Write Poetry?” , the Human or Computer? / Bot or Not poetry test, the CLiC Dickens Project , the CLiC Activity Book , Voyant Tools , and Orange . These activities helped me understand how technology can support literary studies. ...

 From Single Stories to Shared Truths: Reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie through Postcolonial and Cultural Studies Introduction Stories do not simply entertain us; they shape the way we understand people, cultures, gender, history, and even truth itself. Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores this idea through three important talks: “The Danger of a Single Story,” “We Should All Be Feminists,” and her address on truth in the post-truth era. These talks, included in Prof. Dilip Barad’s blog, provide useful material for understanding contemporary Postcolonial Studies and Cultural Studies. Although the three talks discuss different subjects, they are closely connected. The first examines how a single narrative can create stereotypes; the second questions gender-based social expectations; and the third emphasizes truth, self-awareness, courage, and responsible citizenship. Together, Adichie asks us to question the stories and assumptions through which society understands othe...

  From Court Pawns to Corporate Ghosts: Who Gets to Matter? Marginalization, Power and Existential Uncertainty in Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead A Cultural Studies Reading “What happens to the people who are important enough to be used, but not important enough to be heard?” This question provides a useful starting point for reading William Shakespeare’s Hamlet alongside Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead . Shakespeare places a prince, a king, a queen and a revenge plot at the centre of his tragedy. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern remain on the margins. Stoppard, however, performs a remarkable reversal: the two minor characters become the protagonists. This movement from margin to centre  is more than a change of characters. It changes the way we understand power. Prof. Dilip Barad’s ResearchGate activity specifically asks students to explore the marginalization of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, connect it with larger power structures,...