VPLYV NÁREČOVEJ A HISTORICKEJ LEXIKY NA POETIKU A INTENCIONALITU LITERÁRNYCH (POVESŤOVÝCH) TEXTOV ANTONA HABOVŠTIAKA

The paper focuses on the study of temporal and territorial lexis in Anton Habovštiak’s folklore collection Skamenená dievka [Petrified Girl] (1977), primarily analysing the occurrence and functional use of archaic, historical, and dialectal elements. It examines how these lexemes influence the interpretation of these texts and their poetics to intentionality (the text’s focus on a child recipient). Special attention is given to temporal lexis, intended to characterize different regions of Slovakia, as the folklore collection displays a heteroregional character. The presence or absence of dialectal words is particularly monitored. Another partial topic of the paper is the investigation of how outdated prefixes and suffixes create the archaic character of the text. The paper identifies these elements and examines their impact on the historical, cultural, and linguistic context of Habovštiak’s tales, highlighting a certain temporal universality of his literary expression.