| dc.description.abstract | The role of proper names of places and territories, as well as the role of human
proper names in the process of generating space seems obvious. Toponyms are directly
connected with space, they are names of its parts and places and they allow us to
situate characters and events in terms of topography. Thanks to the toponyms a work
of literature confirms ils thematic connection with particular places and it refers the
reader to a specific cultural,, national or social circle. Thus toponyms should be treated
as elements of text with informational value which reaches beyond the limits of the text
because they refer to external reality and help to create the cognitive functions of a
work. However, it often happens that in spite of the seeming probability, epic
topography differs from real topography.
Jovkov names places and territories more readily than any other Bulgarian writer,
and he names them "realistically", using the exisling names of a given region and
taking into account its cultural specifity. Another feature of toponymy in Jovkovs
proseis its repetiliveness which is not limited only to those works which happen to
forma cycle. This repetiliveness points to the coherence of the works and makes us
treat them as a single text. Jovkov names a lot, while he describes less, and when he
does describe, he stresses those features of the places named which allow him to
distinguish them thanks to some kind of their specifity. Perceiving the world through
the eyes of his protagonists, the narrator does not strive to know it - he only wishes to
make it visible. This explains why the places named do not demand broad description,
since they are supposedly known as a matter of fact. | pl_PL |
