Cilvēka attieksme pret Dievu un kristietiskie motīvi jaunākajā lietuviešu un latviešu dzejā

Abstract

The aim of the article is to inspect the relationship between the most recent Lithuanian and Latvian poetry and the Christian religion and worldview, as well as the problem of the individual’s religious self-awareness and his/her relationship with God. Similarly to the literature of earlier periods, the most recent Lithuanian poetry explicitly reflects a special relationship with the transcendental and a variety of relationships with God, and Christian motifs. Probably the strongest tribute to the Christian morality is evident in the works by the Lithuanian poet Eglė Perednytė. The deep interest in Christian religion and theology is characteristic of the poet; the patience of faith, meditation and prayer always overcome the dramatic tension of the contemporary world in Perednytė′s oeuvre. In Latvian poetry, reflections of the Christian worldview are evident in the works by the poet Anna Rancāne from Latgallia. Her poetry reflects not only the external forms of faith (the form of a poem-prayer or a psalm, religious Biblical symbolism), but also attempts to internalize the content of the Christian belief, as well as a significant need to ground human life on the truths of faith and the authority of the Church.[...]