The Albanian Realist Novel In The Course Of The European Novel

Abstract

The literature of each country exhibits specific characteristics related to the spirit, history, and culture of a nation, but also exhibits universal characteristics related to its essence, with its nature distinct from other arts. The literature of different countries is part of world literature and contacts and influences are an important object of studies.

In a free world, people migrate, and together with them oral and written culture, as well as topics and subjects migrate similarly. Albanian literature is part of world literature. A literary text does not arise from nothing, and it is not a limited and closed entity, it does not have clear borders, but it is a presence that merges with other literary works, creating correlations of the most different kind.

In Albanian literature, initially, the historical novel is written and then the realistic novel, but with a difference in time compared to the development of this type in Europe. In the middle of the 20th century, the realist novel was developed according to the models of the European realist novel of the 19th century. In this period, the epic novel was developed as a reflex of the strong influence of Russian literature. The Albanian novel shows similarities and uniqueness from the European novel.