The first part of the article presents the advancement of the studies in literary onomastics, particularly focusing on the so-called breakthrough periods, important for the development of this discipline. The second part concentrates on the analysis of the onymy of a number of selected prose texts, especially the novel by Stefan Chwin Zloty pelikan ('Golden Pelican'). Its aim is to show a potential direction of the development in the methodology of onomastic studies, including the latest findings of the contemporary literary studies, especially the theory of literature.
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