Neprijatelji i ljudi
Enemies and Men

Author(s): Basri Çapriqi
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Albanian Literature, Serbian Literature, Nationalism Studies, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: KPZ Beton
Keywords: Balkan; enemies; Balkan identity; writers and conflict;
Summary/Abstract: In the first part, this article embraces the idea of a common Balkan identity that has roots in Antiquity and of linguistic and cultural Balkan unity following from the Ancient Greek culture. It then follows the demise of this Balkan identity during the rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century, and advocates that it is the time to leave the conflict in the past and to pacify and reunite the Balkans in the European Union. The second part of the article discusses negative influence of writers on promoting the conflicts in the Balkans, to emphasize several authors and literary works that by its pacifism and humanism stand out from the main current: The Immigrants – the Songs of Ali Binak by Radovan Zogović, Ali Podrimja’s Happy Ending, Predrag Lucić’s Ići Mići Ahmići and The Elite Worse Than the Crowd by Mirko Kovač.

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