Open AccessProper Names in Maupassant's Short Stories
Author(s) -
Charlotte Schapira
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1992.40.4.253
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , narrative , literature , art , history , computer science , artificial intelligence
In his numerous novels and short stories, Guy de Maupassant used an enormous number of proper names, some of which were his own invention. He used a variety of methods to create names, and he used names in various ways, ranging from comical to significant narrative purposes.
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