K OTÁZKE REFLEXIE NÁBOŽENSKEJ SKÚSENOSTI V RUSKEJ PRÓZE 21. STOROČIA

Following the historical tradition of spiritual searching which is deeply rooted in Russian literature, the article elaborates on the presence of religious experience in Russian prose of the 21st century. It also shows the ambivalent perception of religious phenomena by modern literary theory and criticism. The apparent return of Russian literature to its Christian tradition manifested in the number of writings with explicitly religious motives shows, when analysed thoroughly, a rather les developed treatment of spiritual searching and the thematization of the individual religious experience. The search for God and faith typical for Russian literature was replaced by presenting God at the turn of the 21st century. The confessional nature of Russian literature, penetrating deeply into the depths of the human soul, is disappearing from prose writings and simultaneously one can observe the tendency to preaching and moralization. The article based on the analysis of works that were written in the last decade and that received a strong response from both literary critics and readers. They seek to understand whether the Christian themes are only a fashionable cultural and social trend or a development of the spiritual tradition of Russian literature.