THE EXPERIENCE OF SANCTITY AND ITS POETIC FORMS IN THE WORKS OF BOHUSLAV REYNEK

The paper concerns the problem of sanctity in the poetry and graphic art of Bohuslav Reynek. The main aim of the author is to show how the sacred realm is present in the Reynek’s construction of literary motifs. In conclusion it is stated that most of them have auratic character (term of Walter Benjamin). Another problem described in the paper is the function of motifs of color and light in Reynek’s output which are in general a metaphor of sanctity. Thirdly, the author focuses on the euphonic aspect of Reynek’s poetry which is also strongly related to the aura of sanctity. Finally, the paper ends with a description of the antithetic and paradoxical character of Reynek’s poetic world