Bezbožná literatura - britský modernistický román mezi agnosticismem a ateismem

Makovcová, Monika

This diploma thesis examines a dominant narrative in the literary analysis of modernist authors, which relies on a binary understanding of religiosity and spirituality: theism and atheism. Focusing on two prominent modernist authors from different backgrounds, D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, the thesis moves beyond the opposition of belief and unbelief, arguing for the recognition of agnosticism as a significant category of religious/spiritual attitudes. The first chapter explores the historical perception of religion (Catholicism and Protestantism in Britain) and modernity as inherently antagonistic. This approach is then connected to the contemporary narrative of a secular past and contrasted with the notion of post-secularity, which challenges strictly secular readings of modernist texts and the idea that religion can be fully separated from society. The chapter further critiques the prevailing simplification of unbelief, which often labels texts without explicit religious affiliation as atheistic. In response, the thesis examines agnosticism in greater depth, proposing a more nuanced understanding that sheds light on the complex relationship with religion found in both modernist literature and contemporary society. The second chapter reconsiders the modernist novel as a space for spiritual...

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