Research Article

George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda: A Theme-related Anthroponymic Study

Authors

  • Armel MBON Department of Language and Literature, Université Marien NGOUABI, Brazzaville, Congo

Abstract

This paper investigates George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda from an anthroponymic angle in establishing the relationship between the eponymous hero and the different themes of the novel. In its first leg, it seeks to show how Daniel Deronda embodies the oppressed Jewish community through historical associations of his two-halved name and in the name of all the Jews who pervade Eliot’s novel. In its second leg, the paper focuses on the meanings of this anthroponym and seeks to show how it epitomises the battle waged by the authoress against such cultural barriers as xenophobia and racism in Europe and elsewhere. To do this, recourse to stylistic analysis, especially at its lexico-semantic level, is needed.

Article information

Journal

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies

Volume (Issue)

4 (4)

Pages

349-357

Published

28-12-2022

How to Cite

George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda: A Theme-related Anthroponymic Study. (2022). Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies, 4(4), 349-357. https://doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2022.4.4.41

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Keywords:

Anthroponymy, theme, identity barriers, epitome, struggle

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