Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
Structuring socio-political identities, the caste system (a graded form of hierarchy) remains entrenched in contemporary Indian society. Dalits, marginalized by the caste system, have expressed their resistance through literature, envisioning substantive equality and social change. In this thesis, I draw on digital humanities methods to examine regional variation in translated Dalit poetry from Bengali, Hindi/Urdu, Marathi, and Tamil languages. I utilize topic modeling—a machine learning algorithm that detects latent semantic structures in a text—as a point of departure for poetry analysis. I observe how topic modeling enables newer readings of the poems, revealing regionally resonant and broader Dalit themes.
Recommended Citation
Bhattacharyay, Antara, "Modeling Literary Connections: Exploring Transregional Resistance in Dalit Poetry" (2025). Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Honors Projects. 93.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/mathcs_honors/93
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