PROPER NAMES OF THE LITERARY HEROES IN THE PROSE ABOUT WAR - THE "FACE" OF THE LITERARY WORK

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the proper names of the literary heroes, which are elements of creating images. Names in the literary text are attractive with their content, because behind a well-chosen name there is a person. It is known that the names of the characters largely determine the “face” of the literary work, so the authors put a certain value in the proper name of the literary hero. The purpose of the study is the analysis of the proper names of the literary heroes that function in the novel “Saving March” by A. Kokotyukha, in the collection of short stories “After the 24th” by V. Ivchenko, and in the novel “Saving Eve” by N. Romanovska. Our task is to describe characteristic proper names of the literary heroes, to evaluate them; to prove that the character’s image and name are closely intertwined; to determine the motives for issuing call signs. The objects of the study are anthroponyms used in the works of A. Kokotyukha, V. Ivchenko, and N. Romanovska. The subject of the research are the proper names of the literary heroes and their stylistic role. Research methods are determined by the specificity of onymic material, which requires a systematic approach and the use of the traditional descriptive method and its main techniques: observation, interpretation and generalization. The functional load of the proper names of the literary heroes is determined by the method of contextual analysis. It has been proven that proper names of the literary heroes play an important role in the literary text, they carry information. It can be hidden in the pre-onym semantics of the basis of the anthroponym, in the author’s characteristic, it can be expressed in a whole series of different connotations. In A. Kokotyukha’s novel, traditional surnames, names and their unofficial variants with significant characteristic potential are recorded. Ivchenko’s stories are filled with nicknames (callsigns) of Ukrainian soldiers. Motives for the formation of nicknames have been clarified: from truncated surnames, names, professions, occupations, appearance, favorite heroes, funny situations, etc. Attention is drawn to the special manner of V. Ivchenko - the ability to give titles to his stories. In the headings there is a coding of the author’s idea. From the novel by N. Romanovska, only the names of the main characters have come into view, who, in addition to a number of different functions, perform the most important one - symbolic. The peculiarities of the creation of names indicate the position of the authors themselves and the individual characteristics of their thinking. The prospect of further investigations is the study of the proper names of the literary heroes and the titles that function in the works of modern authors.