The other in Albanian literature of soc-realism: literature of travelling, engaged poetry and engaged critics. The case of Ismail Kadare and Gent Arbana Cover Image

Tjetri në letrat shqiptare të realizmit socialist: letërsia e udhëtimit, poezia e angazhuar dhe kritika e angazhuar. Rasti i Ismail Kadaresë dhe Gent Arbanës - Motive me diell (1968), Linja të largëta. Shënime udhëtimi (1971) dhe shkrimet me pseudoni
The other in Albanian literature of soc-realism: literature of travelling, engaged poetry and engaged critics. The case of Ismail Kadare and Gent Arbana

Author(s): Edmond Çali
Subject(s): Albanian Literature, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: Albanian literature;socialist realism (socrealism);engaged literature;Ismail Kadare;Gent Arbana;

Summary/Abstract: The image of "The other" in the Albanian literature of socialist realism: travel literature, engaged poetry and engaged criticism. The case of Ismail Kadare and Gent Arbana. Motive me diell (1968), Linja të largëta. Shënime udhëtimi (1971) and the pieces with pseudonyms in “Drita” newspaper (1973-1987). In this paper, we discuss the poems “Vietnam”, “Bateritë kundër ajrore” and “Ullinjtë shqiptarë në Vietnam” taken from Motive me diell and the chapter “Nën qiellin e Vietnamit” from the book Linja të largëta. Shënime udhëtimi. Focused on the writings of I. Kadare published under the name Gent Arbana, we highlight some of them published in the newspaper "Drita". In the isolation of socialist realism I. Kadare is one of the very few who can give the other's image because he has the freedom to do so. He could travel abroad, meet foreigners, write for them. It was one of the few that could give someone else's image in some genres of writing. He could write about America, Denmark, Paris, Moscow, Vietnam, Russian literature after 1960, Western literature of the time, special authors, publishing concerns, and about the culture of "The other" at the time. This theme in his work is also related to other topics in his work such as repetition in the literary work and the importance of variant in his prose and poetry.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 603 - 618
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Albanian