ЛІТЕРАТУРНО-ХУДОЖНІ АНТРОПОНІМИ ЯК ЗАСОБИ ТВОРЕННЯ ОБРАЗІВ У РОМАНІ “МАФТЕЙ” МИРОСЛАВА ДОЧИНЦЯ

Abstract

Name of the character, which is given a special role in the implementation of the writer’s creative idea, acts as an integral part of the literary text. Therefore, the study of functional and stylistic features of the proper names of the literary heroes in the works of contemporary writers is one of the important problems in onomastics. The purpose of our article is to study the characteristic potential of the proper names of the literary heroes in the novel “Maftei. A book, written by a dry feather”, which was written by Transcarpathian writer, the winner of the Shevchenko Prize – Myroslav Dochynets. Proper names of the literary heroes are means of creating of an image, which realizes its diverse potencies in accordance with the genre features of the work, author's plans and preferences of the reader; our task is to describe the proper names of the literary heroes, to reveal their information charge. The actuality of the study is due to the attention to the problems of literary anthroponymy, since the analysis of the proper names of the heroes in the novels by Dochynets makes it possible to identify the individual-stylistic peculiarities of their creation and outline the integral and differential tendencies of their development under the influence of aesthetic and other extra-lingual factors. It is found out in the article that for Dochynets texts it is typical that the author names novels by the names of the main characters. Name of the character also becomes a sign of author's selection in a new novel “Maftei. A book, written by a dry feather”. The information charge of the name of Maftei is disclosed, and other names of the hero are also researched: Vidun, Proskurnyk. Most of the heroes of the novel are given the usual Christian names (Ivan, Klym, Maria, Mokryna, Yulyna). They can be treated in various spoken variants (Grynj, Mytro, Annytsia, Marjka), and can be under the influence of neighboring systems of the proper names (Dyula, Tonchi, Tsylo). The writer selects proper names of the literary heroes, which correspond to the realities of that time and are interesting in their form and internal content. It is proved that the proper names of the literary heroes of the novel “Maftei” are very diverse and rich. They point to gender, ethnicity, age, social status, interpersonal relationships. Names of the heroes in the work perform a stylistic function and help to create images. As a result of the analysis of the proper names in the novel “Maftei” it is deepened the scientific understanding of the role of the proper names of the literary heroes in the development of the plot, creation of images, which will provide additional material for the study of the anthroponimicon of the Ukrainian literary language, will deepen the knowledge about the proper names, and the understanding of artistic image. Keywords: anthroponym, system of the proper names, appellative, information charge, proper name of the literary hero, nickname, characteristic potential.