Letërsia dhe hegjemonia
Modes of hegemony in the Albanian literature

Summary/Abstract: As we know literature in all cultures is not isolated phenomenon. Examining on Albanian history of literary writing we can observe many ideological and intentional poetical and narrative forms which are embodied by fear of hegemony. The main purpose of this paper is identifying the concept of hegemony, as the very notion indicates based on the roots of ancient and modern connotations, in romantic and pre-modern literary forms. Discussing hegemony in Albanian writing of those formations validated it’s presence as a collective physiological haunting transmitted in the philosophy of creative processes especially as an authorial intentionality. This intention is based on the fear of diminishing of particular identity. Authors like Naim Frasheri, Pasko Vasa, Gjergj Fishta are well known of the historicizing nation with images of the past with the aim of continuity in the present with the psyche of the fear of hegemony. As a result we have many literary strata which indicate refusing certain forms of oppression and in this domain structure of restriction and the concept of the fear of the other. Restriction dictated establishing legendary figures which the crucial aim was to defend well known heritage but lacking of new perspectives and broader communications between cultures. Moreover, fear of the other as a potential hegemony gained higher basis on the so called socialist realism literature. Political doctrine of dictating literature on how to be sympathetic against foreign modes of expression realized one type of literature which is very aggressive toward accepting the other as an objective and valuable bridge of experiences and cultures. Thus, in those thematic units this paper analyses various modes of identity-formation such as restriction, symbolic representation of national identity, images of the other as a construction of identity as a fear of hegemony.

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