Gustaw Herling-Grudziński as a man of the language of "religious" Cover Image

Gustaw Herling-Grudziński jako człowiek języka „religijnego”
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński as a man of the language of "religious"

Author(s): Izabela Skrobak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Theology and Religion
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński;literature in exile;language;religion;faith;religious experience;religious language;language of "religious";language of religion;religious man;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the research hypothesis featured in theheadline. In view of the convictions declared by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński –admittedly, vague and not entirely clear, nevertheless, allowing to claim that heregarded himself as "a religious man" – the author of the study suggests callingthe writer more adequately, as it appears, a man of the language of "religious". At the core of the assumption that it is possible to define Gustaw Herling-Grudziński with the modified category of homo religiosus (a religious man) liesthe category which was constructed for the purpose of the study of the languageof religious experience. It is the category of the language of "religious", as thelanguage of what relates to religion, what concerns religion and whatis connected with it. The considerable output of the writer abounds in argumentssupporting the rightness and correctness of the title term (i.e. a man of thelanguage of "religious").

  • Issue Year: 7/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 271-287
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish