I mille nomi di Marianela. L’onomastica come strumento di analisi del rapporto autore-narratore

Abstract

Onomastics has been used as an effective tool of literary analysis. From the etymological study to more complex reflections about the disintegration of the character through the anthroponym in contemporary literature, the naming process is still an excellent way to understand the narrative dynamics. In the novel Marianela by Benito Perez Galdos, the name of the main character is proposed as an extraordinary clue to penetrate the narratological level and to reveal the position of the author. The ambiguity in the naming process, together with some other biographical facts which the author doesn’t clearly show, become a clue to reveal the critical posture of the author towards the staunchly positivist narrator. Galdos novel create a set of information around the main character which manifest itself as a representation of a doubt.