Aparna Prakashbabu Uma
- Email: ggqj0201@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Humour in Victorian Fiction (1875-1900): A Computational Approach
- Supervisors: Dr Emily Middleton (formerly Bell), Professor James Mussell
Profile
I am a PhD researcher in the School of English with a focus on humour in late-Victorian novels from 1875-1900. I am interested in exploring how humour functions in different genres and how computational methods, particularly sentiment analysis, can be used to understand humour in novels. My approach integrates humour theory, genre theory and digital humanities.
I completed my MSc in Intermediality: Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue at the University of Edinburgh in 2023, where I developed an interest in computational literary methods through the CDCS Introduction to Coding summer school. I graduated with an MA in English from the Central University of Gujarat, India and BA in English from Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli, India in 2021 and 2018 respectively.
Research interests
- Victorian Literature
- Digital Humanities
- Computational literary analysis
- Humour theory
- Detective, humourous and realistic fiction
Qualifications
- MSc Intermediality: Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue, University of Edinburgh (2022-23)
- MA English, Central University of Gujarat, India (2019-21)
- BA English, Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli, India (2015-18)