"Këngët para Millosaut" të Jeronim De Radës dhe horizonti i receptimit kritik

Author(s): Serafina Lajçi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 25/2020

De Rada’s works mark the beginning of Arbëresh Romanticism as well as an important turn in the culture of Albanian literature. As such, it has been part of a great number of observations, studies, historical, literary, analytic and critical discussions, all of which have attempted to place his work in the corpus of Albanian literature which it deserves. Regardless of its special importance which goes beyond history and literature, De Rada’s work has not always been in this well deserved position, due to being misinterpreted quite often. The researcher Shaban Sinani was right to have written in the preface to the work of Mandala ‘Studime filologjike për letërsinë romantike arbëreshe’ [‘Philological studies on Arbëresh Romantic Literature’] that the Arbëresh romantic poets have had the poor fate of being the most misinterpreted authors and that their works have oftentimes been subject to a truncated critical mechanism. Nowadays, when contemporary studies have returned to a focus on the Arbëresh romantic authors, and especially to De Rada’s oeuvre, the results have not only revealed many findings of a great importance for the history and the literary criticism of Albanian literature, but they have also presented this author in many other dimensions. Alongside other celebrated researchers of Arbëresh romantic authors, this return to De Rada has been credited especially to two of the best researchers, Francesko Altimari and Matteo Mandala who came up with the idea of a new edition of The Literary Works of De Rada.

"Proemat" e Anton Paplekës

Author(s): Zahrie Kapllanaj / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 25/2020

The book Proema by Anton Papleka is a text of an awareness of being an intertextual and postmodern creation. It intercommunicates with well-known sources and codes in Albanian literature and beyond it. It does so either directly or indirectly. The classification and categorization of these intercommunications constitutes the poetic system of this volume. It is created by a combined form between poetry and prose, following, based on the author, the model of old texts of Albanian literature, but by also working on theoretical concepts which belong to more recent literary methods. The book Proema has been selected in this article due to this special poetics. It aims at firstly identifying its particular constituent form, its origin, and the interpretation of the method and reasoning of the combination or the amalgam of two forms within a text. Secondly, it attempts at detecting the methods or the types of intercommunication, their reasoning, illustrative examples and analyses of every cycle, by using the poems as examples that bear witness of the different forms and discourses of reiterations and refunctionalizations. Their identification demonstrates the existence of some new literary phenomena, which are literary results to Papleka’s oeuvre as well as its interconnection to the movement of Albanian contemporary as well as postmodern poetry in general.

"Tjetri" në krijimtarinë e Agollit

Author(s): Anila Mullahi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 35/2017

In the period before the 1990s, in the context of a strong tradition of socialist realism literature, the positive heroes were placed in the center of the literary world; those that were created according to a standard model. They were developed in a linear way and often were incompatible with the internal logic. The tendency to create "social characters" caused the extinction of the particular and loss of curiosity. The characters of these works appear without any dilemmas, without great twists, without spiritual breaks, without vacillation for the life, the world or the human existence. Near the positive character are the others, who worship them or they want to resemble to the heroes; while on the other side, opposite them are the antagonists, the enemies.In Agolli's works, besides these two groups, are those characters that are seen as "weird", “irregulars” or "incorrect". They are not negative characters because they are not "enemies" but they are not even positive characters because do not resemble the standard example at all. This kind is considered as "the other", and actually this is what it is deep inside the unconscious of the author.“The other” is an individual who is perceived by the group as someone who does not belong, as different in an essential way. The group sees themselves as the norm and judges those who do not meet the norm elements. “The other” can have many forms, in the case of Agolli appears as one who is not indoctrinated. He is not interested about politics, but either he is interested in objecting it. His non-inclusion and non-ideology make him different. They reveal an essential feature that differs from others; speak openly and directly and do not have the veil of deceit in front of their eyes and they see the reality as it is, without idealizing it.In some cases at Agolli’s characters, "the other" is ultimately subjected to the group's norm, but also their existence as being different, makes Agolli's works distinct from the others. One form of "the other" can be considered Commander Rrapo in the novel "Commissar Memo" or Mato Gruda in "The Man with the Cannon".There are other cases where Agolli's "the other" it may be someone who shows great passion for life. A way to enjoy life with all the pleasures that it brings, through humor, eating, drinking, dancing, women, as it is Cute Babulja in the novel "The Ark of the Devil". Such a man with great love for life and the pleasures that life brings is not in line with the positive hero “whose character is shaped among the great difficulties". Agolli's literature work is filled with atypical characters, with special features, with individuals in conflict with the society norms, which consists in alienation from the principles of the official frame method.

"Tjetri" në modernitetin letrar

Pashku, Kadare dhe Rrahmani

Author(s): Albanë Mehmetaj / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 35/2017

The paper titled "The ‚Other‘ in Literary Modernity (Pashku, Kadare, Rrahmani)" examines the problem of the „other“ presence in modern Albanian literature (of the second half of the twentieth century) and aims to give the frameworks of this problem to the authors used as a model and in this literary era.This paper is only an initial, since the problem of the „other" in literature is not only literary, it is also relates to the cultural and the social identity context. So, the basic method of research, is the comparative one, which also verifies the comparative origin of the "other“ in literature.The concept of the „other“, in historical terms, both in psychological and literary terms, takes on a particular character, often dramatic, and conveyed with contradictory views, so our goal is to follow this line of manifestation. Such a problem will undoubtedly be clarified with theoretical arguments.The authors chosen for this case are: Anton Pashku, Ismail Kadare and Zejnullah Rrahmanin, with the works "Tower", "Castles" and "Romani for Kosovo". Selected works are testify to the value of the authors and the ways of presenting the ctagiry of the "other " in modern literature. These authors are representatives of poetic patterns and selected styles of modern Albanian literature, while the problem of the „other“ in literature, in the works of these authors, represents some of the most important variations of his appearance in the Albanin modern literature.Realizing the theme of the „other“ in Albanian literature Pashku, Kadare and Rrahmani make it having primary concern for the Albanian identity and being guided by national motives and patriotism. In this context, the literary concept of the other of these authors, has the meaning of the conqueror, meaning the impersonator of the idea, and therefore, on this look remain foreign forever. The „other one“ in their work is shaped by the fictional world, literary characters, history as time-stamped and as probable evidence, and through literary figuration. But the perception of the other here is distinguished in the thematic plan: in the other side, it is similar to the literary works of Kadare, through historical events (but to one evil only root causes, while the other good can be bad), while to Rrahmani as a personal theme (continuation of the invader). All three of them, as modern authors, are similar to the universality of the subject, so that Albanian issues are treated as human issues and have a wery good histographic and ethnographic knowledge.

"Tjetri" në tekstet letrare të Fishtës

Author(s): Bajram Kosumi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 35/2017

Considering that Gjergj Fishta (1871-1940) is regarded as one of the most prominent writer in Albanian Literature, especially with his epic and satire, the review of the presence and social and literature status of “The Other” in his work is significant not only for his writing but for the whole Albanian literature. The concept of “The Other” in literature has derived from cultural and sociological studies, therefore the study of this concept in literature is also a result of text analysis, in relation with cultural and sociological studies, thus the concept of “The Other” is primarily related to cultural, philosophical, ethical, political and sociological principles. From the prism of the text analysis, several models of “The Other” in Fishta’s texts are identified, however, the source of these models has two common denominators: one, the mentality of a patriarchal and closed society; and two, the moral of a society that has been forced to suffer the status of captivity for a long time.In this article, the models of “The Other” will be defined and argued by the examples from the Fishta’s texts. Based on Fishta’s literary text, conclusions will be provided about the culture of “The Other” in Albanian society of the first half of the 20th century. In this article the experience of English Cultural Studies is used for the concept of “The Other”, especially the studies of Eduard Said, Bozidar Jezernik, Cvetan Todorov, Anthony Giddens, Georg Simmel, etc.

"Vdekja e tjetrit" në shkrimet letrare të Mitrush Kutelit

Author(s): Kastriot Gjika / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 35/2017

Death is not only one of the most universal topics, in addition to love, travel, life, beauty, etc., but is also seen as one of the most difficult to deal with, both ethically and psychologically and religiously. The most natural tendency of the last century has been to avoid death as topic, to non-rebound directly, to project it euphemistically into other areas of the individual or collective world.But Kuteli's case is somewhat specific and quite contrary to this trend. Death is so present in Kuteli's narrative prose, that he seems to have explored it with all his techniques and literary means in all of its individual, social, ethical, religious manifestations. We can affirm that he has a special interest in this subject and he's familiar with it."The Death of the Other", however, as a concept explored in his writings, but also in other paraliteratur and nonfictional writings, gives us a complete insight into his ethical, religious, philosophical and literary concepts of death and of life itself."The death of the other," is seen in confrontation and in a comparative way with "my death", in the M. Kuteli's "rrëfenja"-s, but also in other its writings.

40 vjet Çlirim (Populli këndon)

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 02/1984

1. Qesh ngado atdheu im; 2. Flasin fushat flasin malet; 3. Shqipëri e ndritur; 4. Si një trup i vetëm popull e parti; 5. Ju male të larta; 6. Jeta jonë gjithmonë pranverë; 7. Shqipëri-gjerdan me drita; 8. Erdhi drita elektrike; 9. Lavdi vendit ku ti linde; 10. Dhe njëqind, o enver djali

A Narrative of Cosmopolitanism: An Analysis of Ismail Kadare’s A Girl in Exile in the Light of Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Theory of Rooted Cosmopolitanism

Author(s): Edona Llukacaj / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

In his The Ethics of Identity (2007b), and Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (2007a), philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah coins “rooted cosmopolitanism” as an inclusive and diversity-oriented political philosophy that would enable the reconsideration of the previously-established world equilibriums to meet the needs of the contemporary individual. In contrast to other contemporary theories that are either constructed exclusively on the ethnic and cultural belonging of a community or totally ignore them, rooted cosmopolitanism considers ethnicity and culture to be integral parts of human identity, although not its sole defining factors. Indeed to Appiah, our cultural backgrounds serve primarily to lay the foundations of inter and intra-cultural dialogue, while multicultural co-existence and mutual understanding is to be achieved through the emphasizing of universal and shared values. Taking these as a starting point, this paper attempts to analyze one of Ismail Kadare’s most recent novels, A Girl in Exile (2016). It maintains that the Albanian writer, in this novel with autobiographical elements, incorporates the characteristics of rooted cosmopolitanism to both shed light on the experience of Albanians under the communist dictatorship as well as to represent, revitalize and promote a culture and ethnic group still victimized by marginalization and exclusion.

Albanian Literature in Its Critical Evaluation Process. Case Study: Periodicals

Author(s): Marisa Kërbizi,Edlira Macaj / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

The aim of this article is to analyze the process of evaluation of Albanian literature in literary periodicals (print or online). The research aims to explain the nature of criticism of Albanian literature in accordance with three main periods of Albanian literary history (1920–1944; 1945–1990; 1991–present). The paper has a short chronological presentation of the main periodicals which deal with literature. It also deals with the reception of Albanian literature in old and new periodicals. Some of the most important research questions of this paper are: Is there a continuation in the critical approaches to Albanian literature from the beginning to the present? Do critics have a ‘critical’ interaction between them while they express their evaluation regarding literature? Who are the critics? Which is the core role of certain critics and periodicals? The methodology used in this paper embraces a historical, analytical, statistical and interpretative approach. The paper will be developed in two parallel sections. The first one will elaborate quantitatively official data related to the number of periodicals which deal with the evaluation of literature in its theoretical and critical aspects and the other section will describe, analyze and interpret the data. The research results tend to prove that the process of critical evaluation of Albanian literature has experienced similar characteristics with Albanian literature itself. The critical reflection or criticism has turned out to be a refracting process. The critical evaluations are marred occasionally by low levels of professionalism or political interference.

ALBANSKA ALJAMIADO KNJIŽEVNOST

Author(s): Hasan Kaleši / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 16-17/1970

Gleichzeitig mit dem Prozess der Islamlsierung der Albaner, welcher im XV Jahrhundert begann, begint auch fein starker Durchbruch der Albaner in die türkische militärische und administrative Hierarchie. Beginnend von Gedik Ahmed-Pascha, einem der berüm-testen Eroberer aus der Periöde des Mehmeds II Fatih. bis Avlonali Ferid Pascha, welcher der Gross-Wesier im Jahre 1905 war, begegnen wir einer grossen Zahl von Gross-Wesieren, Ihrer Stellvertreter, von Beglerbegs, Sandschakbegs, verschiedenen Kommandanten und anderen Würdenträgern albanischer Abstammung. Auch ein Durchbruch der Albaner in die türkische Literatur ist zu erwähnen. Anfangend von Süzi aus Prizren und Mesihi aus Prischtina, dann über dem 'Masischen Dichter Dukaginzade Yahya-bey, »den türirischen Montesqueiu« Kocibey, den ersten Rektor der Istanbul Universität Hodscha Tahsin, den grössten türkischen Lexikographen und Enzyklopädisten Semseddin Sämi Frasery, den grössten türkischen Dieter und Autor der türkischen nationalen Hymne Mehmed Akif, und den grössten türkischen Philosophen Riza Teufik, war eine grosse Zahl von Albanern welche ihren originellen Beitrag der türkischen Literatur gegeben hat.

Analizë shqipërimesh nga krijimtaria poetike e Hajnrih Hajnes prej përkthyesish të ndryshëm

Author(s): Naim Kryeziu / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 25/2020

The first poems of the renewed German poet Heinrich Heine were translated in Albanian over one hundred years ago, i.e. in the third phase of the Albanian National Renaissance, which began in the years 30-40 of the 19th century and had its crowning point in the year 1912 with the declaration of the Independence of Albania. The Albanian National Renaissance favored the best traditions of the past as well as folklore. It was the poetic form which was developed the most, as is seen in many of its representatives such as Naim Frashëri, Ndre Mjeda, Andon Zako Çajupi and Asdreni. Faik Konica, a poet and a literary critic with a wide range of publicist works, has had a great influence in the development of this literature. He was also the first to have translated in Albanian a considerable number of poems by Heinrich Heine. These translations form the origins of the echo of this great German lyrical poet in Albanian culture and literature. This analysis of adaptions of Heinrich Heine’s poetic works compares Albanian versions of Heine’s poems in a chronological order of the works of various translators such as: Faik Konica - Lasgush Poradeci; Faik Konica - Petraq Kolevica; Lazër Shantoja - Lasgush Poradeci; Hilë Mosi - Lasgush Poradeci; Lasgush Poradeci - Fan Noli; Lasgush Poradeci - Jorgo Bllaci; Lasgush Poradeci - Robert Shvarc - Ardian Klosi.

Arti si joshje dhe si subversion

Author(s): Ardian Marashi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 15/2018

This review talk about novel The Nude,which is a story of seduction structured as a subversive art. Ridvan Dibra’s novel is an open work, or contra-ideological novel, so its meanings are infinite. Telling a psychological story, the author aims to say how far can go the person who can’t control himself. Also,this story has an allegorical meaning about invasion.

Aspekte të përbashkëta muzikore të këngëve epike historike dhe legjendare të trevave veriore

Author(s): Ferial Daja / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 02/1984

Këngët popullore historike të trevave veriore të vendit, paraqiten të pasura e të larmishme dhe pasqyrojnë aspekte të rëndësishme të jetës së popullit. Me përmbajtjen, formën e mënyrën e ekzekutimit, ato përbëjnë një dukuri më vehte në kulturën popullore dhe trashëgojnë prej saj elemente poetike e muzikore të një nënshtrese të hershme. Kjo lloj kënge ka shprehur më drejtpërdrejt e në mënyrë kronologjike ngjarjet historike dhe luftërat e popullit tonë në të kaluarën, por veçanërisht ka shprehur me pathos të veçantë Luftën Antifashiste Nacionalçlirimtare dhe ndërtimin e socializmit në vendin tonë të udhëhequr nga Partia.

Balada popullore dhe historia

Author(s): Jorgo Panajoti / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 01/1983

Historia e zhvillimit të poezisë sonë popullore dëshmon se në të sa vjen e bëhet më e dukshme dhe më e theksuar prirja për ta trajtuar materialin epik brenda kufijve të ngjasës, për të ruajtur dhe evidentuar sa më mirë bazën e tij neale dhe autentike, vërtetësinë e tij. Kryesisht me këtë shpjegohet ulja e gjallërisë ose ndërprerja e zhvillimit të ndonjë zhanri epik, që, për shkak të lindjes, të strukturimit e të kristalizimit si formë poetike e një kohe të caktuar, nuk mundi t’i përgjigjej prirjes së përgjithshme për vërtetësi të theksuar artistike (p.sh. cikli i kreshnikëve). Me këtë prirje lidhet, gjithashtu, profilizimi i qartë, si një zhanër me karakter të theksuar realist, vitaliteti i veçantë i 'këngëve historike. Nga ana e saj balada, si zhanër epiko-lirik, që nisi jetën e vet artistike në kohë të hershme, e ka vazhduar dhe e vazhdon këtë jetë. Dhe kjo se balada, me përmbajtjen dhe formën artistike, me aftësinë që të ndryshojë e të zhvillohet vazhdimisht, me mprehtësinë dhe elasticitetin e vet ka mundur të zbatojë lidhjet me realitetin e epokave të ndryshme historike, është treguar e aftë për t’iu përshtatur shijeve, kërkesave dhe nevojave ideoestetike të këtyre epokave. Kjo db të thotë se ka kuptim të flitet për lidhje të baladës me realitetin historik, për aftësinë e saj që të bartë, krahas llojeve të tjera të informacionit, edhe një informacion historik.

Baladat e I. Kadaresë dhe D. Agollit si një nga shprehjet e lidhjes se baladës sonë të re me folklorin

Author(s): Klara Kodra / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 02/1987

Diskutimi i hapur nga revista «Kultura popullore» për probleme të ndryshme të llojit të baladës ka qenë mjaft interesant dhe frytdhënës. Në punimin tonë do të ndalemi te një aspekt i zhvillim it të këtij lloji në letërsinë kulte nën ndikimin e poezisë popullore. Balada është një nga llojet më të hershme të poezisë sonë popullore dhe njëkohësisht një nga llojet që kanë lulëzuar në poezinë tonë artistike të realizm it socialist.

BETON - Kulturno propagandni komplet br. 162, god. X, Beograd, utorak, 18. avgust 2015.

Author(s): Milan Miljković,Saša Ćirić,Esilda Luku,Siniša Tucić,Vojo Šindolić / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 2015

MIXER, Milan Miljković: Ima li Albanaca u ovom razredu?; CEMENT, Saša Ćirić: Adio Pula, vraćam ti se ja; ARMATURA, Esilda Luku: Albansko-jugoslovenski odnosi u albanskim udžbenicima; VREME SMRTI I RAZONODE, Siniša Tucić: Zajedničko kuvalo, Vojo Šindolić: Pjesma za moj 60-ti rođendan; BLOK BR. V, Diskoteka 3D: Suza moja nema roditelja

BETON - Kulturno propagandni komplet br. 183, god. XII, Beograd, utorak, 16. maj 2017.

Author(s): Lindita Arapi,Arian Leka,Marikljene Ničo,Sabina Veizaj,Ardian-Christian Kyçyku /Kuciuk,Ylljet Aliçka / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 2017

Arian Leka: UVODNA REČ; Ylljet Aliçka: Naporni pokušaji ulaska bezpozivnice na mondenski prijem; Lindita Arapi: Tirana bez prijatelja, S malog prozora moje kuće; Ardian-Christian Kyçyku: L.O.L; Sabina Veizaj: Polubol, Majke; Marikljena Ničo: Izvan krajolika, Ona mi govori o letenju

BETON - Kulturno propagandni komplet br. 184, god. XII, Beograd, utorak, 20. jun 2017.

Author(s): Aleksandar Novaković,Đorđe Krajišnik,Dejan Vasić,Arben Idrizi / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 2017

MIXER, Aleksandar Novaković: Sukobi identiteta u srpskom filmu (1992-2016), odlomak; CEMENT, Đorđe Krajišnik: Priča koja nije počela, a kad će, ne znamo; ŠTRAFTA, Dejan Vasić: Potrošeni socijalizam; VREME SMRTI I RAZONODE, Arben Idrizi: 35.; BLOK BR. V, Studiostrip: Miki Maus

Between writings and persecutions

Author(s): Agron Tufa,Ag Apolloni / Language(s): English / Issue: 21/2020

Agron Tufa (1967) is a well-known author of Albanian Contemporary Literature. He was a professor at the University of Tirana, and head of the Institute for Study of the Crimes of Communism. Because he denounced the crimes of communism, he was persecuted systematically, until he left his country. His most popular works are: The Duel, Black Wednesday, The Pot, I confess it to the tombstone, When the roosters crow etc.

Brikolazhi narrativ

Author(s): Ag Apolloni / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 15/2018

“The Narrative Bricolage” is a study on four novels of Ridvan Dibra (The Nude, In Search of the Lost Child, The Legend of Solitude and The sleep on the Snow), who in the first novel ironizes phallocentrism, putting in front of each other the capture and defeat; in the second he plays with narcissism, seeking his lost paradise, or his childhood; in the third one builds a new variant (Bala) over an old myth (Hamlet, Orestes); in the fourth he shows the risk of sleeping on the snow, or the risk of inattention in the dictatorship. In the first two decades of his creativity (1989-2009), Dibra’s fiction is characterized by ultrapostmodernism, and since 2010, exactly with the work In Search of the Lost Child, the author makes a turn, enriching his fiction with new elements and new sensibility. Even though he has written poems and plays, Ridvan Dibra in Albanian literature has created a clear and complete profile with experimental fiction. He makes homage to the postmodernist model by following it and enriching it with new elements and sensibility. His fiction shows that he is a great experimentalist author who represents a type of literature: lab literature.There is nothing that cannot be made a fascinating literature in Ridvan Dibra’s lab,which, therefore, approves the Schopenhauer’s opinion that the business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.