| Popis: |
This is the third paper in the series of my papers on the subject of name and identity. Leaving aside the widely discussed topic of the so-called “telling names”as well as the history and philosophy of the name in general, I focus on the authorial naming strategies within the paradigm of signs and symbols of the cosmopolite émigré pattern and against the ambivalent motif of wandering, eternal home-searching and home-avoiding on behalf of the intellectuals forced out of their native home by external or inner motivation. Obvious motifs such as suitcases or passports as well lesser known biblical allusions or phantom-cities extend the name-paradigm which includes specific narrative and rhetoric strategies, among them those that aim to distort the author’s identity and highlight the elusiveness of her personality. The subject of the essay is broad, interdisciplinary, analytical, and theoretical at the same time – because it concerns the very core of the theory of interpretation and the theory of the text as well as the relation of authorship and naming strategies of fictitional characters. |
