The paper discusses the results of an experiment which presents readers with a typical problem in stylometry: the attribution of an anonymous text given the writing samples of candidate authors. Three Harry Potter fanfictions (average length ~ 1,500 words) were used for the experiment. Out of 142 participants, 60.56% were able to correctly attribute the anonymous text, while 87.11% of 12,793 stylometric analyses proved successful. A comparison is established between the motivations provided by readers and the working logic of stylometric methods, highlighting similarities and differences.
Stylometry and Reader Response. An Experiment with Harry Potter Fanfiction
Simone Rebora
2022-01-01
Abstract
The paper discusses the results of an experiment which presents readers with a typical problem in stylometry: the attribution of an anonymous text given the writing samples of candidate authors. Three Harry Potter fanfictions (average length ~ 1,500 words) were used for the experiment. Out of 142 participants, 60.56% were able to correctly attribute the anonymous text, while 87.11% of 12,793 stylometric analyses proved successful. A comparison is established between the motivations provided by readers and the working logic of stylometric methods, highlighting similarities and differences.
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