NUME REALE ȘI NUME IMAGINARE DIN BASMUL ROMÂNESC. CONSIDERAȚII ASUPRA NUMELOR PROVENITE DIN SFERA APELATIVELOR VEGETALE / REAL AND IMAGINARY NAMES IN ROMANIAN FAIRY TALE. ON NAMES ORIGINATING FROM PLANT APPELLATION

Abstract

The paper „Real and Imaginary names in the Romanian fantastic fairy tales. On names originating from plat appellation” proposes the exploration of the anthroponymy of the genre: on the one hand, from the perspective of the onomastic elements that belong to the extralinguistic reality, and on the other hand, from the perspective of the innovations proposed by popular creators regarding the denomination. As we know, literary name research is a complex undertaking in which the reasoning for the creator’s choice of names must be considered. Therefore, we must explore, examine, and treat the "real" names in fairy tales with the same care as the "imaginary" names, which are generally more enticing and attractive to both the reader/listener and the critic. In this paper, the "real" names are considered from a linguistic perspective, taking also into account their use in the textual source, while the types of "imaginary" name categories contained in the fairy-tale are illustrated in terms of denominator creativity. Our inquiry also discusses the names based on the plant appellation, attempting to show their significance in the fairy-tale structure.

Keywords

• character names
• folklore
• folktale
• proper names
• anthroponomy