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Adem Demaçi ‐ shkrimtari për të gjitha kohët

Author(s): Rexhep Qosja / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 46/2016

Writers League of Kosovo, in 2012, has published the set of ten literary works of Adem Demaçi. In this set of Adem Demaçi’s literary works are included all artistic writings - stories, novels, poetry and drama, with the exception of two fragments of his novel S’ka paqe ndër kasolle, seized by the police during the first arrest of the author on 19 November 1958, which were titled Maliqi and S’ka paqe ndër kasolle. In this set are not included numerous journalistic writings and conversations of Adem Demaçi, even though their number of pages and of volumes is larger than of those published. Due to full and entirely correct recognition of this literary and journalistic creativity, and of his social, cultural and political activity it is made possible to distinguish three phases in Adem Damaçi’s creativity. The first phase extends up to his first imprisonment, on 19 November 1958; the second phase up to his release from prisons on 21 April 1990, and the third phase since his release from prisons up to present. Not only by his language and style, and not only by artistic power of his characters, by the tension of their relationship, by the riches of his embodied meditations, and not only by all factualness, the novel Snakes of blood is artistically and historically scorer novel in Albanian literature. With all its linguistic - artistic value and with all of its historical – literary importance it will be able to be estimated properly and sufficiently if kept in mind that it was written and published at a time when in the state of Albania was reigning the doctrine of socialist realism and when in Kosovo was reigning party- state conformism not only in politics but also in creativity. Adem Demaçi as both, intellectual and creator is a denier of socialist realism and the party and power conformism.

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Adem Demaçi si shkrimtar

Author(s): Agim Vinca / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 46/2016

Adem Demaçi, is not only prominent political activist, a man who made an era, but also a creator of rare artistic talent. Adem Demaçi, author of dozens of stories and a novel (Gjarpijt e gjakut, 1958), before being jailed (1958), and after release from prison (1990) a writer of the novels: Libër për Vetmohimin (1994) Heli e Mimoza, Nëna Shegë e pesë gocat, Shkrumbnajë e dashuri, Dashuria kuantike e Filanit dhe Alb Prometeu (a cycle of five novels, written during 2007-2012, i.e. before and after the declaration of independence, speaking of the war and after war in Kosovo), of the poem Tung vargu im, the only work in verses, and of historicalpolitical drama Politika dhe pushka, unless he sacrificed his literary talent for the sake of the national cause, he would become a writer of enormous proportions, no matter how hypothetical this might seem, Kosovo’s Kadare. Adem Demaçi had all the prerequisites to become as such: the talent, imagination, observation ability of the vital phenomena, gift to create human characters, rich language, laconic style, deep knowledge of popular phraseology, mastering of the language as a system of expressive means in all its levels, and so on. Adem Demaçi, rather than postmodernist, even though in his work postmodern elements are not lacking, especially in Libër për Vet Mohimin and Dashuria kuantike e Filanit, as a writer he might be called perhaps a postrealist, proponent of a new realism, which the French philosopher Roger Garaudy called “réalisme sans rivages” (realism without shores). Literary work of Adem Demaçi is open to life, to world, to nature, and to society and invites the reader to an open communication, out of schemes and clichés that he cannot withstand.

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Akademiku Shaban Demiraj – dijetar i shquar dhe me ndikim të gjerë për zhvillimin e gjuhësisë shqiptare

Author(s): Emil Lafe,Remzi Nesimi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 45/2015

Shaban Demiraj (1920- 2014) is one of the most well- known Albanian linguists. He is an author of a series of works from different areas of the Albanian linguistics. Demiraj was for a long time professor in the University of Tirana and the chief of the Department of the Albanian Language for 27 years (1962- 1989). His activity, as a university professor from 1955, in the first period was focused mainly on the morphology of ntemporary Albanian. His textbook about the Albanian morphology was in use for about two decades in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia and brought forth important theoretical innovations concerning the explanation and the definition of the grammatical concepts and categories by bringing forward the characteristic aspects of the grammatical structures of the Albanian language, and thus setting aside several viewpoints borrowed from other languages. Besides, successful efforts were made in this text to better define the morphological norm of the literary Albanian, which was on the way of being crystallized in those years. The main domain of Demiraj’s activity is historical grammar of the Albanian language. After a long series of contributions on specific aspects, he wrote the synthetic work “Gramatikë historike e gjuhës shqipe” (Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language) (1986, 1166 p.), which has been highly appreciated regarding its method, its broad vision, the richness of the arguments and the personal achievements of the author. In this work, the continuity of the grammatical evolution of the Albanian language is followed and explained from its beginning up to nowadays, the linguistic and extralinguistic reasons for the loss of some inherited grammatical features and the appearance of new ones are investigated, and the evolution trends of the Albanian grammatical structure both as an Indo- European and Balkan languages are investigated. The multiple observations and the rich material collected systematically by Prof. Demiraj as a result of his research in the area of the historical grammar produced several important works, such as “Gjuha shqipe dhe historia e saj” (Albanian Language and his History) (1988; 2nd ed. 2013; an Italian version was published by the University of Calabria in 1997), “Fonologjia historike e gjuhës shqipe” (Historical Phonology of Albanian) (1996), “Gjuhësi ballkanike” (Balkan Linguistics) (Shkup, 1994; also published in Macedonian in the same year), which make up an original synthesis of the achievements of Albanian and foreign linguists in these areas. Such works as “Prejardhja e Shqiptarëve nën dritën e dëshmive të gjuhës shqipe” (1999); English version “The Origin of the Albanians (Linguistically Investigated)” (2006); “Epiri, Pellazgët, Etruskët dhe Shqiptarët” (“Epirus, Pelasgians, Etruscans and Albanians”) (2008) contain not only a reasoned summary of the actual state of art, but also the new contribution and visions of the author. His vast research and publication activity has rendered prof. Demiraj a well- known and highly appreciated scholar all over the Albanian world as well as in the international scientific world.

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Albania by the end of the 17th century and relations with neighbouring nations according to archbishop Pjetër Bogdani´s work "The band of the prophets" (1685)

Author(s): Ina Arapi / Language(s): English / Issue: 15/2015

The old Albanian literature (mid-16th – mid-17th century), which includes the philosophical–theological treaty Cuneus prophetarum by Pjetër Bogdani (Padua, 1685), was born and developed as a literature mainly of religious content for the needs of the Catholic religion. Regardless of the topic, this literature was created in a certain historical, cultural and social environment, namely that of northern Albania and the Albanian population that lived there. Hence, the data provided in this book constitutes an invaluable source through which we have the possibility of learning more about the way of life and the functioning of this part of Albanian society of that time. Interesting data on the situation of the Albanian language of that time is to be found in the preface of this work. The author urges Albanians not to let their language and science degenerate, but just as other nations do, they should make efforts concerning its evolution and development. But the alarm for destructing the mother tongue is linked with author and his contemporaries’ high conscious more than with the reality. In fact, Bogdani´s work itself proves that Albanian at that time had expressive possibilities equal to those of the Italian language. Not only the expressive and lexical richness, but the syntactic structure of phrases shows a high degree of development and elaboration in the Albanian language of that time. Examining the foreword of the book, we can learn that efforts were being made to unify the language and to develop one literary variant based on the dialect of the town of Shkodra. Bogdani also tried to adjust the language of his work according to this town’s dialect. Relations with Italian and Croatian intellectuals are clearly demonstrated in dithyrambic poetry and in the dedications at the beginning of the book. In this work, we also find data on Albanian mythology. Cuneus prophetarum occupies a special place in Albanian literature, because it is the first original work of prose, unlike previous writings, which were mainly translations.

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Ardian Klosi (1957‒2012)

Author(s): Konrad Clewing / Language(s): German / Issue: 71/2012

In memoriam: Ardian Klosi (1957‒2012)

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Arketipi folklorik në romane bashkëkohore

Author(s): Adil Olluri / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 45/2015

From the very beginning of its existence literary narration developed thematic substance, subjects and characters from folklore, transforming them in many cases. At other times, those elements were left the way they were found in oral history. In our case, we shall deal with two forms of transposition of oral narration in written form, but only referring to thematic transformations and stylistic and explicit usage of this literature by Albanian novelists, that is, by the most renowned ones like Ismail Kadare, Rexhep Qosja and Anton Pashku. These are the authors who use folkloric archetype in their novels on three levels; as thematic reiteration (I. Kadare - “The Three- Arched Bridge” and “Doruntine”), as folkloric discourse (A. Pashku - “Oh”) and as explicit and cited regeneration of folklore (R. Qosja - “Death Comes to Me From Such Eyes” and “One Love and Seven Sins”).

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ARNAVUT KÜLTÜR VE EDEBİYATINDA MEVLİD YAZMA GELENEĞİ

Author(s): MERAL JAJHAI / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 2/2015

Similar to other Muslim communities, mawlid occurs as the expression of love for our Prophet in the Albanian community. Recently, it has gained a wider place in cultural life as the written work or celebration ceremony.Mawlid is used to revive the religious life and in individual plans as signification tool for changes in all stages of life. In the beginning, it was performed in Turkish. In the passage of time, it started to be performed in Albanian which contributed to the accumulation of mawlids among the Albanians. Besides its educational character, mawlid is also a source of hope to gain intercession from Hz. Muhammed (s.a.v.), keep his name alive and commemorating him. This is one of the main motives behind survival and popularity of mawlid among the Albanian Muslims.In the light of texts of mawlids and latest research related with it, this study aims to focus on the development of mawlid as a part of the Albanian culture.

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Autobiografia diskursive e Kadaresë

Author(s): Agron Gashi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 46/2016

Discursive Autobiographies are type of texts in which life experiences are written about tempted creations. Discursive Autobiographies are metadiegetic analepsis 'lands' that disclose personal experience of the process of creation, where communication occurs also the form of metacommunication, above all, the text as autometatext. In such cases, the authors, while talking about their work and creation process, create a kind of autobiographical prose more or less essayistic with autometatext status, text where even the deeper cogitation interpretation and criticism, empirical practice keeps the genre of autobiography. As proven, this prose model is written only at the end literary creation, especially when the author becomes authority in literature. Such temptation was proved in two discursive autobiographies of Kadare: Invitation in studio and Mornings in Cafe Le Rosand, where literature talks about literature. Diptych in question, apart from the author’s revelation the work, we are faced with the re-examination of relationship between authorial literature and of universal literature, sometimes as reading experience, sometimes as writing experience with variety of literary interferences.

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BALADA POPULLORE ARBËRESHE NË VEPRËN FOLKLORIKE TË JERONIM DE RADËS

Author(s): Sadri Fetiu / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 44/2014

Jeronim de Rada (1814 – 1903) është shkrimtari më i shquar i romantizmit shqiptar, i cili që në fillet e krijimtarisë së tij poetike është interesuar për folklorin e arbëreshëve të Italisë. Për përmbledhjen e këngëve popullore arbëreshe Rapsodi të një poeme shqiptare të botuar më 18661, të ribotuar me titull të ndryshuar Rapsodi kombëtare – këngë popullore2, që nga periudha kur bëhej përgatitja e saj për botim3 e deri në kohën tonë4 janë dhënë mendime dhe vlerësime të shumta. Janë çmuar në mënyrë të veçantë vlerat artistike të këtyre këngëve, është dëshmuar angazhimi dhe përkushtimi i madh i De Radës për mbledhjen e redaktimin e tyre5 dhe është theksuar sidomos se ai, duke menduar se këngët ishin pjesë e një poeme të madhe kombëtare, ishte përpjekur që ato t’i radhiste e madje edhe kishte vënë dorë në to, duke i plotësuar për ta realizuar tërësinë e saj.

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Balada si Mjet për Njohje Ndërkulturore

Author(s): Lumnije Kadriu / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 44/2014

In the age of great mobility recognized as an age of globalization, and ascertained as postmodern condition, phenomena are intertwined in very interesting and often un-foreseen ways. Very often we see the past and the present being reorganized in most amazing ways. In this paper I will try to describe how a novel “Kush e solli Dorunt-inën” written by famous Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, based on Albanian folk ballad on Konstandin and Doruntina is used by theater troops of New York and Prishtina, and brought into a play, as a means of intercultural acquaintances and understanding. The ballad has to do with the kept brother’s promise to his sister even after death, a concept of “besa - a given word - a promise” being among Albanians as quite peculiar and rec-ognizable cultural feature and also presented as such to “others”. If, according to Raymond Williams, “work of cultural analyses should be the ‘clarifica-tion of the meanings and values implicit and explicit in a particular way of life, a particu-lar culture’”, then this is certainly one way to do so.

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Bektashizmi në veprën e Sami Frashërit

Author(s): Alban Dobruna / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 46/2016

Sami Frasheri is one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian National Renaissance period. With the diversity and multidimensionality of his works, Sami Frasheri indicated cultural and intellectual universality. He was a great scientist that contributed to the progress of many scientific fields (natural and social) and art fields. One of the complex issues of the Balkan peoples and especially for Albanians with which he dealt more, is the beginning of the spread of Islam, which was embraced in Albanian lands, not only in its main variant, Sunni, but also in the form of different orders (tarikate), as Bektashi, Halveti, Melami, Kaderi, Sadi, Rufai, Nakshibendi, Shazeli, Mevlevi etc. In this study we tried, though concisely, to present his thoughts and views on the Bektashi tariqa, tariqah best known in Albanian lands, which found more support from Christian population than in other countries of the Ottoman Empire. By browsing, studying and analyzing the collection of the works of Sami Frasheri, we have attempted to disassociate in inductive and deductive approach and content of their submission, to draw conclusions, coming through a critical perspective, without prejudice and without prior constructions, but with conclusions that flow naturally as a result of its author's views on this tarikat.

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BURIMET POETIKE DHE SHPREHËSIA NË POEZINË E DE RADËS

Author(s): Shefkije Islamaj / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 44/2014

Ligjërimi artistik i Jeronim De Radës është ligjërim tipik i një poeti të agimit të Rilindjes shqiptare, i një poeti me ndjeshmëri të dalluar poetike, i një krijuesi të kultit të gjuhës e të lidhjes së saj me rrënjët, është ligjërim popullor, i cili në veprën e tij letrare ka marrë pamje, gjallësi, zhdërvjelltësi e forcë të re1. Vepra letrare e De Radës, edhe pse e para vepër me vlera poetike e gjuhës dhe e letërsisë shqipe, ruan edhe sot “aktualitetin me vlerën e saj artistike”2. Talenti i shquar poetik i ka mundësuar poetit të shprehë përmes veprës së tij frymën e shqipes popullore, të zbulojë mundësitë e mjetet e saj e të ripërtërijë sidomos fuqinë e saj shprehëse.

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DE RADA NË OPTIKËN E ARSHI PIPËS

Author(s): Adil Olluri / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 44/2014

Botimi i Trilogjisë “Albanika” të Arshi Pipës, gjatë vitit të kaluar (2013), nga Shtëpia botuese “Princi” e Tiranës, ishte një lajm i mirë për dashamirësit e mendimit letrar shqiptar, meqë deri në këtë kohë kjo vepër trepjesëshe ishte vetëm në gjuhën angleze. Andaj, një punë e tillë e botuesit dhe e përkthyesve Abdurrahim Myftiu, Myftar Gjana dhe Primo Shllaku është për t’u duartrokitur. Libri i parë në kuadër të kësaj trilogjie është “Vargu folklorik shqip: Ndërtimi dhe gjinitë”, i dyti studimi monografik për Jeronim de Radën, ndërsa i treti studimi panoramik letrar “Letërsia shqipe: Perspektiva letrare”.

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Disa veçori të gjuhës dhe të stilit në romanin “Ultimatum” të Petro Markos

Author(s): Artan Xhaferaj / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 45/2015

In this paper we aim to emphasize some language features and style in the novel “Ultimatum” of Petro Marko. This novel is a work of artistic and historical value. Events are given live and attractive through characters created by the author and through the impressive settings that come out the same as in the screen. Monologue, dialogue, words of the author and characters are intermingled. This work has a large number of characters. The author tries to separate one from the other, to individualize and to present their common and specific features. Numerous details depicting environments and characters are impressive. The language is simple, clear, direct and stylistic figures are used sparingly. Stylistic figures such as metaphors, comparisons, escalation, repetition, reticense, polysyndenton and ellipses emphasize the messages. Over the true story of Petro Marko has related the real story to new episodes where real, historical and fictional characters with a rich spiritual world act. Hence, the events have become closer in time and more attractive to the reader. They give us similar imagination to those in the screen of an Albanian film.

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Dritëro Agolli, prêtre de Dionysos

Author(s): Aleksander Zoto / Language(s): French / Issue: 01/2015

Tout entiere ouverte sur la rumeur du monde, l’oeuvre poétique de Dritëro Agolli se déploie, en ses phases successives, comme une rhapsodie ou symphonie inachevée - et pour cause – aux harmonies typiquement albanaises mais aux résonances universelles. Recueil après recueil et par-delà les visées particulières de chacun, elle exalte en l’homme le roi de la creation, mais un roi complice de toutes les forces et vies constitutives de son royaume, et en cela elle se place, peut-on dire, sous le signe de Dionysos.

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Editimet historiko‐letrare të profesor Idriz Ajetit ‐ një fushë e panjohur

Author(s): Myrvete Dreshaj-Baliu / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 46/2016

The object of this study is the contribution of Professor Idriz Ajeti in the field of literature and his didactic views in designing textbooks for this field. Many research studies have been made about his contributions that were focused in many fields and aspects of albanology, however it is not difficult to notice that from the rich bibliography his contribution in the field of literature was “excluded” in all cases. Therefore, my approach to this phenomenon has a special incentive: Adem Demaçi’s story in the novel "“Dashuria kuantike e Filanit”, about Professor Idriz Ajeti, as a model of a patriot teacher with perfect methods. This story prompted the research in his early bio-bibliography, which resulted in the recognition of two textbooks, Libër të leximit [Reading Book] and Antologji e letërsisë shqipe [Anthology of Albanian literature], and their substantive and conceptual structure.

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ESTETIKA E IDENTITETIT TË RIGJETUR

Author(s): Rexhep Qosja / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 44/2014

Në krijimtarinë letrare dhe jashtëletrare të Jeronim De Radës shquajnë dy mbizotërues (dominante) kuptimorë dhe artistikë, që janë: e para, ideja historiko kombëtare dhe, e dyta, lirizmi. Gjuhëtari i njohur Roman Jakobson, mbizotërues (dominante) quan përbërësin kryesor në një vepër letrare, në krejt krijimtarinë e një shkrimtari dhe në një periudhë historiko-letrare, që i përcakton, që i afron, që i shndërron, që i funksionalizon të gjithë përbërësit e tjerë në atë vepër, në atë krijimtari të një shkrimtari, në atë periudhë historiko-letrare duke siguruar tërësinë e strukturës së saj.

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Forma dhe ide në romane të Ymer Shkrelit

Author(s): Adil Olluri / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 46/2016

Ymer Shkreli is one of the best novelists of contemporary Albanian literature. But, unfortunately, his novels are very little known and studied. So, the analysis of his novelistic work is at first a research on values of an author who was unjustly neglected by Albanian researchers and critics. He is the author of a series of novels with the formal and stylistic variety and with numerous ideas and thematic layers. His novels have distinct specifications in relation to the works of this kind in Albanian literature. In addition, narrative particularity of this author is that each of his novels is different from the other, as in plan of style and form, also in terms of ideas and world-conception.

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Gjuha shkencore e Bajram Krasniqit

Author(s): Shefkije Islamaj / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 45/2015

Studiuesi dhe kritiku letrar Bajram Krasniqi, për fat të keq jetëshkurtër, ka lënë veprën e tij shkencore që, edhe pas 25 vjetësh, zë vend të çmuar në shkencën tonë letrare. Paraqitja e tij si emër shumë premtues në fund të viteve ’70 dhe gjatë viteve ’80, kur në Kosovë po konsolidoheshin jo vetëm studimet letrare po edhe studimet e fushave të tjera albanologjike, Bajram Krasniqi do t’u bëhet krah i fortë këtyre studimeve dhe studiuesve ende të pakët të cilët do të mbajnë peshën e këtyre zhvillimeve e do t’i hullizojnë ato. Idetë e konceptet e Bajram Krasniqit ashtu si edhe gjithë krijimtaria e tij shkencore nuk mund të vështrohen ndaras dhe pa pasur parasysh kontekstin kohor e hapësinor.

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Gjurmë të një Hierogamie kozmike në Strukturën përmbajtësore të disa Përrallave

Author(s): Izaim Murtezani / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 45/2015

This paper tries to address the subject of hierogamy, or its tracks that can be detected within the content of some Albanian tales. It is known that the classical hierogamy means the sacred marriage between deities with opposite principles, namely between the male who is identified with Heaven, and female identified with Earth. A hierogamy of this nature, in treated tales is realized between the sun and the moon as adequate substitutes of Heaven and Earth. The sun, but also the moon is presented in the role of a married couple who communicate sexually between them and as a re-sult of this action affect childbearing by human couples who have problems in having descendants. These children, because they are the fruit of an extraordinary birth, re-spectively of the impact of the sun and the moon at their birth, are meant to possess superhuman traits.

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