Próba typologii tytułów (ideonimów) prozy Jana Wiktora

Abstract

The paper contains some remarks on the titles (ideonyms) of the works by Jan Wiktor (1890–1967, mainly literary ones). The writer, who came from Radomysl (on the San River), was socially-oriented. He spent most of his life far away from his hometown. He was a resident of Cracow by choice. He had special affection for Szczawnica and Pieniny. He is particularly remembered for his loyalty to recognised ideology and friendships. As for important professional activities, he favoured travelling. These circumstances determined his journalistic and literary work. The titles he used for his works are strictly connected not only with the content and the trend they represent, but also their genre. By following the standards of microtext poetics, which the title of the work belongs to, they form more or less equal groups from one up to four words, less frequently – more extended. The most dominant category contains titles which have the form of a nominal phrase. Thanks to their literary shape, they are recognised as the texts belonging to certain periods and they clearly reflect Jan Wiktor’s artistic personality. This link is visible at the level of linguistic realisation of a formal structure, in the formation of its shape and artistic expression, in the field of using lexis from particular semantic fields and its architectonics, which is based on the similarities between rhetorical figures (Błogosławiony chleb ziemi czarnej, Droga przez wieś, Kłosy na ściernisku, Legenda o grajku bożym, Ożywcze krynice, Rozmowy pod kolorowym parasolem, Wyznania heretyka) or forming innovative contradictions (Orka na ugorze, Miłość wśród płonących wzgórz, Podróż po słońce, Papież i buntownik, Skrzydlaty mnich, Strzecha w cieniu drapaczy chmur, Wierzby nad Sekwaną). Also orka na ugorze is an idiomatic expression that has been popularised in the Polish language thanks to Jan Wiktor.