PERSONAZHE TË PROZËS SË VEDAT KOKONËS
SOME CHARACTERS OF THE ARTISTIC PROSE OF VEDAT KOKONA

Summary/Abstract: In this study we have analyzed some characters of a novel and of some stories of Vedat Kokona, among the first authors of genuine Albanian artistic prose. Kokona, in addition to other literary and narrative elements, pays attention to the motivational construction of the characters, especially their psychological aspect. In the novelette "Disgusted" and the stories "Shadow behind the window" and "Heart that flows", Katina, Fania and Ngjelina, are girls who seek happiness, but because of the social situation and mentality, remain unhappy. The life of Katina ends in a tragic way. However, she, with her spiritual power manages to create, albeit briefly, a temporary happiness. Katina is a complex character, beautifully built, with all the nuances. Her narration engages the reader emotionally and mentally in the course of the story. Fania and Ngjelina are also built and motivated, but Katina is a character who stands out from all the characters in the collection "Broken Stars". Other characters that we have analyzed are Lushi, the translator and poet who is in love with his friend's wife, but from the inability to express this directly, his actions lean towards the fetish. Tafili is a man devastated by gambling addiction, doubled in his mind, who eventually kills his mother to get her money and then himself. Kokona characterizes this character without interfering, he just narrates, which makes him even more psychologically powerful. Compassion for the little beggar, Drita, is expressed in the story "The Singer of Charity", where she is carved as a lost being in the world of people who ignore suffering. Meanwhile, the inspired writer, Malushi, is given in to a moment that he considers as a personal and national turn in the field of literature, but then he encounters the bitter 'reality', he realizes how few books of him have been sold, he gets depressed, but again a butterfly inspires him to write. Malushi remains an inspired writer, not a desperate one without hope. Rinka and Nasi are characterized by the stationary state where they are located. Rinka sadly waits for her husband's letter from abroad, while Nasi fails to express her feelings for moral reasons. Two characters that unfold through psychological states, not through action.

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