THE FUNCTIONAL POTENTIAL OF REALIA IN FRENCH LITERARY TEXT
The paper discusses the most important functions of realia in French literary texts. The research is based on the theory of renomination which utilizes the following terms: R-realia (i.e. culture-specific objects), C-realia (i.e. culture-specific consepts), and L-realia (nominations that denote culture-specific objects or concepts). The author distinguishes six major functions of realia, namely creation of a local (national) spirit, creation of a historical context, esthetic presentation of a detail, symbolic function, associative function and the function of marking elements of another culture. By revealing the connection between particular types of realia and their fulctions in French literary texts the author comes to the conclusion that functional potential of various types of realia differes. The approach offered in the article allows for revealing of the functions of the three types of realia.