What’s in a name?
On the linguistic, cultural and translational aspects of literary naming
Keywords:
literary names, literary onomastics, interdisciplinarity, onomastic conference, Miskolc Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
What’s in a name? On the linguistic, cultural and translational aspects of literary naming
On 28 November 2023, the Miskolc Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences organised a conference on the above-mentioned topic, with 13 speakers in attendance. In my opening remarks, I emphasised the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, citing an example of the relationship between proper names and literary texts: I referred to the poem written by Miklós Zrínyi in 1659, which is known in the literature as „Elégia”. I then highlighted one of the scientific theses of the conference, namely that names in literary texts can facilitate a deeper understanding of the functioning and nature of literary fiction.
