This paper studies the function of names as a stylistic device in literary fiction. The data are taken from John Updike’s Rabbit series, which depicts the life of US American Everyman Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom from the late 1950s to the 1980s. Special focus is on Harry’s peculiar habit of calling people and places by names that are no longer up to date: former nicknames, maiden names, names of shops that have gone out of business. It is argued that, in so doing, Harry is recurrently invoking memories of his own past. Updike’s use of names here reinforces, on an onomastic level, one of the major motifs of the novel: the protagonist’s infatuation with a former version of himself.

本文研究名称在文学小说中作为一种风格手段的功能。数据取自约翰·厄普代克（John Updike）的《兔子》系列，该系列描绘了美国美国人Everyman Harry“ Rabbit” Angstrom从1950年代后期到1980年代的生活。特别要注意的是Harry习惯用不再更新的名字来称呼人们和地方：以前的昵称，娘家的名字，停业的商店的名字。有人说，这样做，哈利经常回想起自己的过去。厄普代克在这里的名字用法在反常的层面上加强了小说的主要主题之一：主角对自己以前的版本的痴迷。