Semantic Specifics of Poetonyms in the Fantasy Genre

Abstract

The semantics of a proper name in an artistic work is a complex, multicomponential phenomenon as it presents a collection of various types of information. Proper names, or rather, poetonyms serve as a medium between the author and the reader. The readers are those who perceive the artistic work through the prism of proper names, which cause certain associations and serve as the interpretation of the general concepts raised in the work. Although the issues and problems of onomastics are investigated by many linguists, there are still many not fully understood or investigated areas. Despite all difficulties, onomastics and, in particular, literary onomastics became an integral part of the study and analysis of literary work of all kinds and genres. Among all the genres, though, fiction is the least studied in the field of peculiarities of poetonyms.