THE ONOMASTIC SPACE OF THE NOVEL OF VOLODYMYR LYS «THE CENTURY OF JACOB»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the onomastic space of Volodymyr Lys's novel «The Century of Jacob». The relevance of the research is determined by the fact that in modern linguistics the potential possibilities of literary and artistic anthroponyms of prose texts by famous authors have not yet been sufficiently studied. Studying the proper names of the heroes of artistic works requires special attention. It was found that the source of character names is traditional Ukrainian anthroponymy. The author uses Polish and Jewish names. It is proved that literary and artistic anthroponyms in the novel are characterized by detail, quantitative and structural richness, and this is manifested in the reproduction of typical national features of Ukrainian anthroponymy.
It is proved that literary and artistic anthroponyms in the novel are characterized by detail, quantitative and structural richness, and this is manifested in the reproduction of typical national features of Ukrainian anthroponymy. A large number of diminutive and caressing forms of proper personal names of the main character Yakov and his family have been studied. Diminutive and caressing variants of names serve as a characteristic of the character.
The proper names in the novel by V. Lys vary in structure: one-part, two-part, three-part models.
The author created a number of expressive nicknames and family names that were given to the whole family.
The composition of the toponymic space of the novel «The Century of Jacob» includes macrotoponyms, choronyms, oikonyms, hydronyms, urbanonyms, oronyms.
The onomastic periphery of the novel «The Century of Jacob» consists of mythonyms and theonyms, names of religious holidays, names of religious books.
Literary and artistic anthroponyms from V. Lys's novel «The Century of Jacob» reproduce the specific Volyn anthroponymic uzus. The writer presents the traditional Polish anthroponymy scrupulously and in great detail.
The study of the literary and artistic anthroponyms of the novel «The Century of Jakov» by V. Lys made it possible to come to the conclusion that the anthroponyms characterize the characters by national and social origin, by age characteristics, family relationships, and reproduce the color of the village. Zagoryan, reflect the author's attitude to the characters.