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SEMANTIC POTENTIAL OF MALE ANTHROPONYMS IN A. PLATONOV'S NOVEL "CHEVENGUR"

Author: Bugakova N.B.

The proposed study deals with the consideration of the semantic potential of male anthroponyms in A. Platonov's novel "Chevengur". The relevance of this article is due to the fact that to date, a detailed analysis of the male anthroponymicon of the novel "Chevengur" has not been carried out. There are works that study the onomasticon of Platonov's short prose. "Chevengur", being considered one of the most mysterious works of the writer, is deprived of the attention of onomatologists. In our work arguments are presented for special attention, which attracts the specificity of the introduction by the author of onomastic units of different categories. It is shown that a proper name is a special artistic element that does not exist in the text independently and is always interconnected with other elements of the text, since it is necessary for the author to create an artistic image. An analysis of the interaction of all these systems allows us to more accurately understand the author's intention and the purpose of introducing one or another onomastic unit into the text. An attempt is made to identify the features of the functioning of onymic vocabulary in "Chevengur". When conducting a study, it becomes obvious that the introduction of specific onomastic units into a work by the author is always not accidental, the choice of one or another onym as a character nomination is always directly conditioned by the author's associations with a particular name. We believe that this circumstance is due to the fact that for the writer the name is the main means of creating the image of the hero. It is revealed that the anthroponyms that function in the novel as the names of male characters evoke associations with the historical events described in the novel. The name is one of the ways to recognize the hero, since it indicates belonging to a specific time, historical events, and society. Attention is drawn to the fact that the characters can change names, choosing the most suitable for them. The result of the study is the conclusion that the anthroponymicon of A. Platonov's novel serves to demonstrate the most important meanings of the writer's images, revealing his individual author's picture of the world.