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The Power of the Proper Name and Its Taboo in Modern Literature
 Dvořáková, Žaneta
I focused on the power of names as well as on prohibition of saying them aloud (taboo) in modern literature. Calling someone by his/her name can be prohibited by the whole society (e. g. the name of Lord Voldemort) or by the character her/himself (e. g. Sauron) because the proper name is an integral part of personality and her/his self-reflection (e. g. Piscine Molitor Patel hates his name and does not want anyone to call him by this name) . Taboo can be caused by anxiety about revenge of the creature called in by its name (e. g. Polednice). The knowledge of someone’s name can give us a power to attack or overrule the person through his/her name (e. g. Rumpelstilzchen) because the name acts as a magic formula. In modern literature we can also find problem of name “stolen” by totalitarian society.
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