Luule maailma nimetamas
Poetry naming the world

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the possibilities of describing the tropic language of poetry. Using the example of Joseph Brodsky, the article describes the significational potential of proper names and linguistic terms in the poetic text. In natural language the proper name signifying a unique object gains its sense from cultural context; the poetic context attributes to the proper name its own specific significations, an operation which results in the metaphorization of the name. In the same manner the terminology integrated in the text changes its nature (it becomes ambiguous and acquires a capacity to express subjective experience). The article strives to demonstrate how the use of proper names reflects the more general world view and the developmental path of the author’s poetics.

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