ANTHROPONYM AS A FIGURATIVE DEVICE OF THE LANGUAGE OF A FICTION TEXT (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY V. LYS «THE OLD CHOLERA»)

Abstract

The article attempts to reveal the specifics of the use of names and variants of characters, as well as the creation of surnames in V. Lys's novel "The Old Cholera". It was found that the names acquired a functional reinterpretation, helped to fulfill the function of creating an artistic space, developing the storyline. The stylistic load of the name variants emphasizes the idea of the work, shapes the reader's attitude to the characters, and shows the vicissitudes of life more clearly. The writer consciously chooses names, surnames, and nicknames for his characters; they are correlated with the actions and fates of the characters. The author names the heroes of the work with gentle, caressing forms of names, mainly representing everyday forms. 3 crude forms of male variants of names with -isk-o were recorded: Adamysko, Arsenysko, Romanysko and one variant of a female name with -ishke: Irynishche. 35 variants of official names in the novel were identified, including 19 male and 16 female. The largest number of names function with a caressing color – 54. However, 5 variants with a coarse, even dismissive tone were found to verbalize mostly mockery or slight irony. The analysis of male variants of the names of the novel, formed from full and truncated bases, proved the superiority of two word-forming types: na -k-a and -k-o. Less commonly used forms in -ik, -tso, -chik and others. The most active in creating variants of female names are the following forms -k-a, -ochk-a, -un-ya, -us-ya, ts-ya are used to create female names. Non-productive word-formation types with five suffixes in male versions of names (-ysh-e, -ok, -onk-o, -oh-a, -us) and three suffixes in female ones (-echk-o, -syo, -s, -un-ya). The article reveals the nominative and vocative formation of the surnames of the novel's characters, and establishes that the surname derivatives are dominated by units with possessive suffixes -ov-a, -ov, -yn, -yn-a (Kletsova, Lutsova, Luchykov, Hrytsyshyn, Voytyshyna), as well as -ets, -ikh-a (Burets, Smalunets, Patychyha).