okay, without looking it up...

[clauclauclaudia]

Does this usage of eponymous seem okay to you or not? Why?

[blah blah Chekhov on film] "Based on his eponymous 1891 novella, THE DUEL gives life to a classic Chekhovian tale...."

All right. Look it up if you want to, but let me know if you do.

I'm screening comments for a bit to get independent answers, but I'll unscreen them soonish. [Edit: slow unscreening now complete.]

Comments

[kjc.livejournal.com]

No, cuz eponymous means something like "the same name of" so in this context, the novella would've had to have been named Chekhov.

There's a difference between "the same name of" and "having the same name as" and it's subtle, but definitely not working the way the sentence is currently worded.