GJEÇOVI, ETNOLOG DHE STUDIUES I SHQUAR I KULTURËS POPULLORE
GJECOVI, PROMINENT ETHNOLOGIST AND RESEARCHER OF POPULAR CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: The presented micro thesis is an attempt to identify some of the most important moments of the life of Shtjefen Gjecovi, relying mainly on manuscripts or published documents, which are stored in his fund which contains no. 58. The superficial browsing of the documents of this fund, creates deep impressions and let you understand that we are dealing with a personality, who has left deep traces and has valuable contributions to the developments of the time when he lived, that belong to the decade of the century XIX and the first three decades of the century XX. The time when Gjecovi lived and acted is the most important period of the movement for national liberation, a crucial period for the creation and consolidation of the Independent Albanian State. Gjecovi joined and came in line with the most prominent personalities of the Renaissance who tried to awaken the national unity of Albanians through the development of education and culture in the Albanian Language, through highlighting the well-known traditions, the origin of the Albanian people, of the efforts and results in the struggle for freedom and independence. The solution and practice of the profession of a clergyman gave him the opportunity to know directly the life of the population in the areas where he worked and lived. At the same time being a very attentive observer of everything around him. Gjecovi noted in his notebooks the difficult situation in which the Albanian population lived, the customs and norms which regulated relations between people, the attitude towards government authorities, the attitude towards foreign rulers, etc. All of them he used to conduct written studies and works of scientific, literary and religious character. They are partially published, but mostly preserved in his manuscript in the CSA fund. Gjecovi’s studies and publications cover many fields, but in the presented work are considered mainly those of ethnological character. For the realization of this work I have tried to choose documents that presents as dignifiedly as possible this personality of the Albanian National Movement. At the same time, I think that despite the fact that there is a series of publications about ShtjefenGjecov, which reflects different aspects of his creative and patriotic activity, based on wealth documentary that is in his fund, there is undertake more indepth studies and make known his contribution.

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