TJETRI/I HUAJI NË NJË KËNGË EPIKO LEGJENDARE DHE VARIANTI I SAJ BALLKANIK
THE OTHER/FOREIGNER IN A LEGENDARY EPIC SONG AND ITS BALKAN VERSION

Summary/Abstract: Gjergj Elez Alia's song is one of the most popular songs of Albanian folklore, both in terms of the artistic values of the song, the motive of love of brother and sister, and vice versa, but also of the conflict with the 'foreigner' in defense of honor, which appears as a message of this oral creation so appropriate to the Albanian mentality. What makes special this folk song is the narrative presentation of the situation, the presentation of the characters and the connection between them. The song carries epic, lyrical, and dramatic elements and has a blurred and legendarized historical basis, with the participation of the mythological element. This song is considered as a legendary heroic epic, which has similarities with the heroic songs due to the epic heroic spirit, the ideals of the heroes and the theme of the song, which is the fight / conflict with the 'other / foreigner' in defense of honor and of his own lands. In this paper, in addition to deconstructing the concept of 'other / foreigner' in this oral creation, a comparative analysis has been made between the most ancient version of this creation in Albanian oral creativity, with oral creations with the same motif, present also in folklore of other people of the Balkans.

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