Literatúra, teológia a modernita (Historická, existenciálna a náboženská skúsenosť v básnickom diele Jánosa Pilinszkého)
Literature, Theology and Modernity (Historical, Existential and Religious Experience in the Poetic Oeuvre of János Pilinszky)

Summary/Abstract: One of the obvious experiences of the past 150 years is that while the post-Enlightenment secularized society is breaking away, occasionally openly opposes the institutions of conventional religious life, the themes and discourse of modern and postmodern literature still preserve their attachments to Christian traditions. In the first part of the paper, the author describes the change from the end of the Middle Ages to the present that led to this state focusing on the development of the relation between theology and literature. Past the changes of horizons of modernity and post modernity, the characteristics of the oeuvres of several significant poets and writers of the 20th century are determined by religious approach and the use of religious motifs. János Pilinszky, considered one of the most significant poets of Hungarian literature after World War II, belongs to them. In the second part of the paper, the author examines the way the religious experience of modern man is reflected in his poetry.

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