Abstract
In order to scientifically investigate the cognitive processes of interpreting and evaluating texts, as a case study, this paper collects and numerically analyzes some literary reviews written by a famous critic. The results of co-occurrence analysis for evaluative vocabulary revealed 'newness', 'beauty' and 'depth' to be important. Moreover, by extracting individual names from the texts and detecting influential writers and philosophers, it was also possible to extract the background knowledge and philosophical characteristics that shape the standards of text evaluation.
