Approche onomastique de Les grandes marées de Jacques Poulin

Abstract

This study aims to carry out an onomastics analysis in order to extract the key points in the novel Les grandes marées by Jacques Poulin. Literary onomastics gives us the opportunity to discover nuances in this work which, a priori, are imperceptible, but could be important for its interpretation. This type of analysis allows us to easily understand the portrayal of the characters and the relationships maintained between them.

In this analysis, we intend to demonstrate how the choice of characters’ names, even place names, is deliberately used by the author and as a consequence, this interpretation can help us to obtain a better understanding of this work.