International Journal of Science
ISSN 2225-7063
82
EDMOND ÇALI “The Winter of the Great Solitude” by Ismail Kadare - Test of Dissidence against Communism and Socialist Realism. Abstract: “The Winter of the Great Solitude” is one of the main works of Ismail Kadare. The aim of this paper is to analyze dissidence approaches of the book. In the first part of this paper I will short-list some of the elements that contribute to the construction of historical viewpoint of the narrative material of the novel. In the second part, it will be given a strong emphasis to the critical approach of treatment of the above mentioned the topic, as well as Kadare’s personal explanations for this. Due to considerable material, this lengthy paper will be published in two subsequent issues.
Key words: “The Winter of the Great Solitude”, dissidence, historical book, communist bloc, etc.
“The winter of the great solitude” is one of the main works of Ismail Kadare. Along with “Concert at the end of the winter” is in diptych, or perhaps, one of the parts of a great historical book. The close relation between history and literature is one of the emerging ways of the dissidence of Albanian great writer. In the historical novel “The winter of the great solitude”, one of the most important events of modern Albanian history, the division of Albania from the eastern communist bloc, is the part that ensures the co-relation of literature and history. In the first part of this paper I will short-list some of the elements that make up the historical viewpoint of the narrative material of the novel. It is worthy to mention now: the purchase of wheat, from France by the Albanian government at the time of breaking relations with the socialist camp, important historical
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