On the role of proper names in formation of sense of the poetic text (based on Joseph Brodsky's poems)

The article deals with the role of proper names in the formation of sense in the process of poetic text perception. Based on A.I.Novikov's semantic theory, the authors of the article analyse the sense-formation function of proper names. The choice of the data for the analysis is determined by a large amount of proper names in J. Brodsky's poems as well as by their cultural markedness and intertextuality. The paper presents the results of the experiment aiming at studying the role of proper names in perception of the sense of poetic texts and verifying the authors' point of view. The obtained data confirms that proper names play the role of actualisators of sense in the poetic text perception.