Nazwać świat. O toponimach w wybranych polskich cyklach powieściowych high fantasy
Name the world. Toponyms in selected Polish high fantasy series
Author(s): Natalia GorczowskaSubject(s): Fiction, Novel, Semantics, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Polsko-Rosyjski
Keywords: literary onomastics; fantasy literature; high fantasy genre; toponyms; functions of proper names;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to toponyms in selected Polish high fantasy series: The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, Saga o zbóju Twardokęsku by Anna Brzezińska, Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu by Ewa Białołęcka, Księga Całości by Feliks W. Kres, Opowieści piasków by Krzysztof Piskorski and Achaja by Andrzej Ziemiański. The purpose of this paper is to analyze genesis and linguistic structure of toponyms and to describe functions of proper names in high fantasy series: locational (based on space), semantic, allusive, expressive and intertextual. This research proves the connection between toponyms and properties of the high fantasy genre. Toponyms play very important role in high fantasy series: on the one hand, they emphasize how different is the fictional universe, on the other hand, they make this other world more realistic.
Journal: Yearbook of Eastern European Studies
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 132-148
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish