Starting from the short and succinct titles of Fontane’s novels, which mostly convey a nominal function, it is difficult to imagine how they can generate a semantic surplus of interpretation and meaning. The present article aims to examine the forms of these titles in their ambiguity and semantic polyvalence treating them as independent units of text. Furthermore, it investigates whether and to what extent Fontane’s titles satisfy their connotative function and in what lies their polysemic potential
Fiandra, E. (2023). Polysemie und Konnotation in Fontanes Romantiteln. In Anne-Kathrin Gärtig-Bressan / Marella Magris / Alessandra Riccardi / Goranka Rocco (a cura di), An der Schnittstelle von deutscher Sprache, Literatur und Translation Festschrift für Lorenza Rega zum 70. Geburtstag. / Intersezioni tra lingua tedesca, letteratura e traduzione Saggi in omaggio a Lorenza Rega per il suo 70mo compleanno, (pp. 197-208). Lausanne · Berlin · Bruxelles · Chennai · New York · Oxford : Peter Lang.
Polysemie und Konnotation in Fontanes Romantiteln
Emilia Fiandra
2023-01-01
Abstract
Starting from the short and succinct titles of Fontane’s novels, which mostly convey a nominal function, it is difficult to imagine how they can generate a semantic surplus of interpretation and meaning. The present article aims to examine the forms of these titles in their ambiguity and semantic polyvalence treating them as independent units of text. Furthermore, it investigates whether and to what extent Fontane’s titles satisfy their connotative function and in what lies their polysemic potentialI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
