A journey to communist Albania. On the regime and the individual in the works of Albanian-Italian authors Cover Image

W KOMUNISTYCZNEJ ALBANII. O REŻIMIE I JEDNOSTCE W TWÓRCZOŚCI PRZEDSTAWICIELI WŁOSKIEJ LITERATURY MIGRACYJNEJ ALBAŃSKIEGO POCHODZENIA
A journey to communist Albania. On the regime and the individual in the works of Albanian-Italian authors

Author(s): Karol Karp
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Albanian Literature, Italian literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: comunist Albania; negative image; Albanian-Italian authors; sociology; literature

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to explore the reality of communist Albania, especially in relation to the restrictions with which the regime affected the life on an individual. The argument concerns the novels of Albanian-Italian authors and is divided into two parts. The first section of the essay depicts the relation between Albanian-Italian authors and the field of sociology of literature, while the second one focuses on the general image of Albanian reality. The image is a very negative one, the dictatorship brings about injustice, falsehood and cruelty. The communists lose touch with reality and they immerse in utopian ideas, thus sentencing themselves and others to an existential defeat.

  • Issue Year: XV/2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 105-113
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish