WITKACY'S VISION OF THE WORLD IN THE PROPER NAMES OF HIS NOVELS (Wizja swiata Witkacego w nazwach wlasnych jego powiesci)

• Authors: Dudek Pawel
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is an attempt at reconstructing a world-view on the basis of the proper names contained in the novels of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) 'Pozegnanie jesieni' (Farewell to Autumn), '622 upadki Bunga' (The 622 Downfalls of Bungo), 'Nienasycenie' (Insatiability), 'Jedyne wyjscie' (The Only Way Out). Analyzing onyms used by Witkacy in his prosaistic composition and comparing them with his outlook on life produces a cohesive vision of the world. Proper names in Witkacy's novels are an expression of the author's relationship with the reality surrounding him, and are full of irony, burlesque, and absurdity. They comprise a unique material with which the artist plays and with the help of which he plays a game with the reader.

Keywords

EN

LITERARY ONOMASTICS; PROPER NAMES; WITKACY'S - WORLD-VIEW; WITKIEWICZ STANISLAW IGNACY -NOVELS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Onomastica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 52
• Pages: 267-283
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dudek Pawel

• Pawel Dudek, Instytut Jezyka Polskiego PAN, al. Mickiewicza 31, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA054315