"Dream as Another Reality" - (Poetic Work of Osman Gashi) Cover Image

“Ëndrra si realitet tjetër” – (Vepra poetike e Osman Gashit)
"Dream as Another Reality" - (Poetic Work of Osman Gashi)

Author(s): Fatbardha Statovci
Subject(s): Poetry, Metaphysics, Albanian Literature, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: Dream; dreaming; dreamer; physical reality; psychic reality; unconscious; consciousness; associations;

Summary/Abstract: The primary purpose of this paper is to discover the relationship between the dream and the state of awakening, as two realities that communicate intimately within the literary work, as the ideo- aesthetic universe. The dream and its functionalization within the text as a key determinant, within the work of the Kosovar poet Osman Gashi, have a basic importance and emerge as a basic mechanism on the contours of which each idea and topic functions as the axis around which the author's interest swings. The dream as a separate world, as another reality, will be a crucial topic to be discussed in this paper. The dream as a subconscious psychic reality, which opposes empirical reality, in Gashi’s work, as though rarely in Albanian literature, always comes in the form of a highly aware suggestive game, and represents the basic modeling substrates; comes as a special experience and as a cacofonix mixture, as an affirmation of an existent and attractive world to be seen as the object of inspiration. Gashi's work, seen from this angle, emerges as a combination of real and unreal integral factors, emerging from the deepest holes of consciousness, from where dreams emerge as the misty phenomenon associated with the physical world and external implications. We consider that it is of great importance to illuminate and identify the articulation that is built on the basis of resemblance between these two realities, which really appear as a permanent concern and creative inspiration for this author, since we believe there is much to be said. The paper will have a completely psychoanalytic approach and will rely on the theories of Freud, Jung, Lacan, and Fromm. We expect that this paper will discover an unlit side of Gashi's work and will serve as an incentive for further discussion of the issue.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 38.2
  • Page Range: 218-229
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Albanian