Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 33, 2024.
Prethodno priopćenje
https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.21857/m16wjcwxj9
Literary anthroponyms in the novels Schooled in Magic and Child of Destiny by Christopher G. Nuttall and the trilogy Araton by Oliver Franić
Krunoslav Mikulan
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu Učiteljski fakultet
Sažetak
Within the framework of literary onomastics, allegorical, fantastic and
science-fiction works are particularly suitable for the analysis of unrealistic
literary anthroponyms, toponyms and other onyms, i.e. the names of non-existent
referents, where the etiology of the name is much more important for the reader
and analyst than its etymology and names in literature generally have an “affective
charge” and are “stylistically marked both at the moment of their invention and at
the time of use, by the namer and in the named” (Šimunović 2009: 363).
The paper analyzes the literary anthroponyms in the trilogy Araton (2004),
by the Croatian author Oliver Franić, and in two novels by the Scottish author
Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic (2014) and Child of Destiny (2021).
It is concluded that Nuttall uses anthroponyms from our world (including
orthography), even though the languages of our world are not spoken in the
secondary world, and none of the writing systems of our world are used, and that
the anthroponyms from his novels usually have no symbolic meaning; Franić, on the other hand, made a significant effort, and his anthroponyms do not obviously
belong to our world (although we noticed certain influences), he mostly avoided
orthographic inconsistencies because he invented the “Linite” language used by
the characters in the novels, and the formation of names is very consistent, but
almost without hidden and symbolic meanings. Literary-onomastic analysis is
insufficient to make a final judgment about the value of literary works, but it can
help both in noticing the (il)logic and (in)appropriateness of the authorʼs methods,
as well as in assessing the linguistic and stylistic quality of the work.
Ključne riječi
literary onomastics; literary anthroponyms; fantasy literature; Oliver Franić; Christopher G. Nuttall
Hrčak ID:
324901
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Datum izdavanja:
22.12.2024.
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