La sémantique des noms propres transfictionnels

Abstract

Transfictional narratives frequently reinterpret the story of characters belonging to another fictional work. By the tacit primacy they grant to the initial work, several theories of fictional proper names struggle to account for the semantical changes introduced by the transfictional use of a proper name. This article seeks to provide a definition of the meaning of a transfictional proper name inspired by Mark Sainsbury’s concept of “name-using practice.”

Keywords

• fictional proper name
• character
• transfiction
• name-using practice
• book
• transmedia