Re: [LM_NET] HIT: Literary Term

[Barb Engvall <macbarb@CHARTER.NET>]

I think that you were given misinformation or else I am  
misunderstanding what you are asking.

I interpret your question to mean, what is it called when the name of  
a character is the same as the title of the book.

An eponym is when someone's name is given to 'something' such as a  
'sandwich' was named for the Earl of Sandwich. Alzheimer's was named  
after the dr. who identified it. Here is a site that lists a lot of  
them. http://members.tripod.com/~foxdreamer/page2.html

Unfortunately I don't know the answer to what it is that you are  
looking for. Here is a site that lists all kinds of literary terms  
and I didn't find anything here. http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/ 
lit_terms/terms/

Barb

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On Nov 6, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Lyle, Nancy wrote:

> Thanks to all of you who quickly responded to my
> query about the literary term that describes when
> a person's name that is used as a title.  The
> consensus is that's an eponym or eponymous.
>
>
> Nancy Lyle, Librarian
> Torrance High School
> 2200 West Carson Street
> Torrance, California 90501
> 310.533.4396
> nlyle@tusd.org
>
>
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