What's in a name? Naming in the T.V.-series LOST

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy Literature Studies grade: 20 University of Cologne (Philosophische Fakultät / Englische Seminar 1) course: Onomastics language: English abstract: 1 Intro2 Names of theotechny2.1 Benjamin Linus2.2 James (Sawyer) Ford2.3 Jacob2.4 Desmond and Penelope2.5 Dharma2.6 Christian Shephard3 Famous names3.1 Henry Gale3.2 Daniel Faraday3.3 Desmond David Hume3.4 Danielle Rousseau3.5 Further references4 Reference to literature4.1 The adventures of Tom Sawyer4.2 The Wizard of Oz4.3 Lord of the flies4.4 Addendum5 Anagrams5.1 Ethan Rome5.2 Mittelos Bioscience5.3 Herarat Aviation5.3.1 Amelia Earhart5.3.2 A variation earth5.4 Further Anagrams6 Mixed patterns6.1 Gale Island6.2 Linus6.3 Sayid Jarrah6.4 Claire Littelton6.5 Jack's Tattoo6.6 Literal meaning of names7 ConclusionUntil the ninth century it was not likely to have a first and a last name but by that time things started to change. In Venice the indication of surnames began in this time period France (10th/11th century) and the German-speaking area (12th century) followed this example (Kohlheim 1996: 1280) so the common practice of naming changed and thenceforth people were called by both forename and surname. This giving of names led to the science of onomastics - representing a separate discipline (Wittkowski 1995: 289) - whose purpose basically is die Geschichte und den Gebrauch eines Namens zu klären und mögliche Schlüsse daraus zu ziehen (Hansack 2004: 51) as the character of naming had caused people to think about the meaning of personal names for centuries (Eichler 1995: 2). Such name-interpreting can also take the role of a poetic device and by this means as literary onomastic (Hansack 2004: 51) function as a link between linguistic and literary studies bearing on the study of the way names function in fiction (Ashley 1989: 198). The following term paper will take up this and co