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The article is a report of classes conducted with PhD students of literary studies devoted to the issue of the sacred space in Prawda starowieku by Stanisław Vincenz in relation to religious terms: homo religiosus, sacrum, profanum, cosmic religion, used by Mircea Eliade. The author undertook an attempt to read the literary text using the terminology of philosophy of religion. This confrontation exposed the new possibilities of interpreting Vincenz’s prose, and revealed the potential of interdisciplinary approach to reading literature.
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Artykuł stanowi relację z przeprowadzonych zajęć z doktorantami literaturoznawstwa poświęconych zagadnieniu świętej przestrzeni w Prawdzie starowieku Stanisława Vincenza w odniesieniu do terminów religioznawczych: homo religiosus, sacrum, profanum, religia kosmiczna, którymi posługiwał się Mircea Eliade. Autorka podjęła się próby odczytania tekstu literackiego za pomocą terminologii filozofii religii. Konfrontacja ta odsłoniła nowe możliwości interpretacyjne prozy Vincenza, a także ujawniła potencjał tkwiący w interdyscyplinarnym podejściu do czytania literatury.  
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The article examines the mythization of the story of Holowacz – one of the most wellknown bandits of the Hutsul region – in Stanisław Vincenz’s The Truth of the Ages, which is the first part of the tetralogy On the High Uplands. Taking recourse to the works of Mircea Eliade and Carl Jung, Iwanek studies the role of archetypes and myths taken from prehistoric religions in the creation of the character of Holowacz. At the turn of the twentieth century, humanity faced war and destruction, which is why people started to ask questions about the meaning of life, God’s existence, as well as good and evil. When Nietzsche announced the death of God, and Weber wrote about the disenchantment of the world, Vincenz, an insightful observer of reality, began to create his life’s work, On the High Uplands, in which he presented an alternative to the trends that were popular at the time. The first volume, The Truth of the Ages, is set in a mythical space inhabited by humans who remain in constant touch with the sphere of the sacrum. Vincenz alludes to a wealth of myths to present the reader with alternative ways out of a seemingly hopeless situation. Creating the character of Holowacz, who encounters the Devil incarnate (Pol. Bies), Vincenz made numerous additions to the original story. His aim was to show a way out to a person who directly confronts evil. Alluding to the myths of paradise, the myths of origin, and heroic myths, Vincenz presents the reader with a “sacred story”, which may serve as a parenesis for people of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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