Independently of discussions whether literature has a function, and whether it has one or more functions, the majority of scholars agree that literary texts have, at least, one function. Those scholars that have dealt with the effects which literary texts produce, have often interpreted it as a literary function. In any case, whether it be […]
The postmodern novel of Rexhep Qosja ‘Told secrets’ has a provoking title that in itself creates an oxymoron. In this novel everything is given in an opposite meaning. Qosja’s novel ‘Told secrets’ may today be called a manifest of the decadent Albanian soul in the beginning of 21st century, much the same as was Huysmans’s
In Persian and Turkish literature there is a perpetual clash over morality between two archetypes, the ascetic and the bohemian. Throughout the history of Muslim peoples, traditional moral authorities like imams, preachers, muftis and sharia judges are those who judge and make decisions about the fate of the people in this world, and, moreover, in
In Voltaire’s Candide or Optimism, satire takes a symbolic meaning. The result of placing the characters in miserable destinies, is moralizing, where the aim is to show the inconsistency of the principle that whatever is, is right. The presence of suffering in human life reincarnates the Epicurean paradox where god’s benevolence is questioned, when we
Love was and remains a theme that often finds treatment in philosophy, literature, mainly viewed from a positive angle, as a source of inspiration, as a contact with the divine, as a way becoming conscious of humanity and human nature. Schopenhauer thinks otherwise, and treats love as merely an illusion that serves the will to
In Flutura Açka’s novel ‘The Son’ we are dealing with a narration that is built in the form of an enigmatic puzzle of symbols, dates, numbers, names and paths lived and through an immortalization they build a mother’s journey and configure the ex-mother (as is called in the novel), making us experience and envision two
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In this article, the author reflects on various phenomena of life, taking as a starting point two widely known musical works: Samuel Barber’s Agnus Deiu and Scorpion’s Holiday. Through this personal reading are extracted the eternal messages of these works. Keywords: place, dream, illusion, life, death, escape, trip
Contemporary art in Kosovo was not born from the influence of any particular theory, but from a major discrepancy that the young generation of Kosovar artists encountered in the 90’s of the last century, comparing the mainstream of modern Kosovar art of the 60- 90’s with the contemporary world art, which they knew only through
This article deals with Agron Tufa’s novel ‘Black Wednesday’ which takes shelter in the symbolism built on empirical and realistic material, and draws us beautifully, sweetly, inside a narrative where events, occurrences, realistic landscapes mix with visions of mythical practices, in a world where dramatic mystery mixes with sex, the winter life of a mountain
Let’s start this interview with a question about the staggering persecution against you. In November 2019 you fled Albania, having sought political asylum in a European country, as well as being a writer, you were distinguished as a professor of literature and the director of the Institute for the Studies of Crimes and Consequences of
