Przestrzenie sacrum w Trylogii wołyńskiej Wołodymyra Łysa

This paper is devoted to the problems of the sacred space in the prose of one of the contemporary Ukrainian writers Volodymyr Lys. The basis for these analyses are three novels that form the co called “Volhynia trilogy” (Jacob’s Century, Solo for Solomiya, and Virgo of Mlynyshche). The analyses of the above-mentioned works allow us to conclude that the writer quite often refers to functioning of category of sanctity which can be divided in a conventional way into several spaces. One of them is undoubtedly the sacralization of Volyn as a “small homeland” of its inhabitants, but the analysis also revealed the use of legends, folk beliefs and frequent references to religious tradition and the belief in God. It can be said that the mysterious relationship between the good and the evil, sin and sanctity is a characteristic feature of Volodymyr Łys’ “Volhynia Saga,” which creates a specific world where man lives with the God, sensing Him almost physically.