PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Šidák, Pavel
TI  - The Language of Catholic Literature
DP  - 2015 Jun 1
TA  - Bohemica Olomucensia
PG  - 105--128
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/bo.2015.020
IS  - 1803876X
AB  - We approach "Catholic literature" from the point of view of language, as opposed to the motivic/thematic or ideological approaches. We argue that the language (rooted in the tradition of Catholic culture) used in fiction to describe the experience of the sacred has its unique characteristics: suggestiveness, silencing, apophaty, the meaningfulness and frequency of biblical allusions, through which it relates to the dominant text and the core of Catholic religion. The essay uses the examples from the works of Jan Čep.