V. Propp Analysis of the 80s Short Prose Poetics in Albanian Literature

Abstract

The article explored, through the lens of tale poetics, whether there was an outline of the theory on the poetics of the tale in Albanian historiography or in the literary critical thought of the 80's, based on the structural morphological analysis of V. Propp. The chosen prose was from among Albanian prose writers of the 80s, such as V. Koreshi, N. Lera, Z. Çela, N. Prifti, K. Kosta, E. Kadare, S. Spasse, etc. The methodology used within the article is based on a qualitative approach; specifically, Propp's structuralist methodology has been used to categorize the functions and characters included within the short prose of the 80s Albanian authors. The study findings concluded that the cognition function is seen to have a special feature, both from its frequent use and from the increased drama of the passages when this function occurs within the prose of 80s Albanian literature. Here we can say that the authors of socialist realism have inadvertently followed a tradition or are strongly attached to the motif of recognition. Another important element is transfiguration, which, in the classical structure of the tale on which Propp based his analysis, is totally physical and, for the most part, is associated with a positive change in the appearance of the hero, such as removing rags and wearing new clothes before taking the throne. In the case of the works analyzed in this paper, major changes occur to the characters, both physically and in character development, but these changes occur for causes predetermined by the author and do not occur for superficial reasons, as this was against the ideology of the time.