Authorial production of literary proper names: the novels by Anna Bolavá Cover Image

Autorská produkce literárních proprií: romány Anny Bolavé
Authorial production of literary proper names: the novels by Anna Bolavá

Author(s): Robert Adam
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: literary onomastics; Anna Bolavá; author’s production of proper names; author’s poetics; anthroponym; toponym; chrematonym

Summary/Abstract: The paper uses two novels by the contemporary Czech female writer Anna Bolavá for the research of authorial production of proper names. First it describes the novels and its „landscape of proper names“; then it presents an interview with the authoress on proper names used in the novels. The paper tries to show that this method can yield new relevant knowledge on the production of literary proper names as well as on the writer’s poetics; besides, it is useful as a corrective of mis- and overinterpretation.

  • Issue Year: LVIII/2017
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 6-15
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech