Systemic Data in the Canadian Novel Prefaces

Abstract

The category of systemic data — category four as described in the Preamble of Chapter two — is necessary because the structure of the typological characteristics limits the kinds of information that can be extracted from the prefaces. But more importantly, specific tenets of the Empirical Theory of Literature, such that allow for particular attention being paid to systemic characteristics, are here presented. These tenets and their corresponding areas are an integral part of the typology, as shown on the Data Sheet in Chapter two. Further, areas of particular and systemic interest discovered in the typology of the prefaces, are here applied in a supplementary testing of the prefaces.