Written as a theory about utopia and dystopia, this piece examines types and models of diverse Albanian and international works, aiming at a further categorization within the genre of utopia and dystopia. The author thereby addresses different manifestations of the ‘ideal world’ in philosophy, religion and literature, and notions of ideological panopticons. The piece likewise addresses the limitations of the genre, in etymological and semiotic readings focusing on themes and ideas.
Keywords: utopia, dystopia, cacotopia, proto-utopia, anti-utopia
This article interprets Aristotle’s notions of tragedy, considering each in relation to the function of catharsis, which plays a purifying role for the public. The article begins with an example from a hypothetical performance of Oedipus the King, and concludes with a hypothesis that overturns the concept of catharsis in antiquity, using in particular Aeschylus’s tragedy The Persians. Between the preliminary examples and the final hypothesis, the article also addresses problems of imitation, genre and composition.Conceived as a terminological reading of Aristotle’s Poetics, the article is a meta-criticism of Ancient Greek tragedy.
Keywords: catharsis, poiesis, mimesis, mythos, telos, ethos, pathos
Issue Year: 2020
Issue No: 19
Page range: 85 – 99
Page count: 15
Language: Albanian
Interview:
Ann Jefferson: The Art of Interpretation
Articles:
Primo Shllaku: Zef Zorba
Sherif Luzha: Parodia e Kurt Vonnegut-it [The Parody in Kurt
Vonnegut]
Kastriot Kurti: Depolitizimi i kufirit të ‘zoon politikon’
[Depoliticizing the limits of ‘zoon politikon’]
Ilir Breca: Vargjet e Ovidit në veprën e Bogdanit [Ovid’s verses in
Bogdani’s writing]
Besnik Jaha: Utopia dhe Distopia [Utopia and Dystopia]
Ag Apolloni: Teatri tragjik [Tragic Theater]
Stefan Çapaliku: Një film i panjohur shqiptar [An Unknown
Albanian Film]
Intervista:
Ann Jefferson: Arti i interpretimit
ISSN (online): 2415-2749. ISSN (print): 2310-9998. Issue 19/2020. E-mail:
bardbooks21@gmail.com. Symbol was launched in 2013, in Pristina. All Rights
Reserved by Bard Books, Pristina & Tirana. Languages: Albanian and English.