RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Šidák, Pavel
T1 The Language of Catholic Literature
JF Bohemica Olomucensia
YR 2015
VO 7
IS 2
SP 105
OP 128
DO 10.5507/bo.2015.020
UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-201502-0010.php
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.