Ismail Kadare’s literary strategies. Legends, architectures and a parallel universe in the "Three-Arched Bridge" (1978)

Hisako Kobayashi

doi:10.32798/zl.940

Published: 2022-12-10

Vol. 57 (2022)

Ismail Kadare’s literary strategies. Legends, architectures and a parallel universe in the "Three-Arched Bridge" (1978)

Hisako Kobayashi

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https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.940

Abstract

The Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) is sometimes called "a great writer in a small country"; this paper, focusing on his historical novel "The Three-Arched Bridge" (1978), reveals some strategies inherent to his works, suggests their place in world literature, and asserts how they can be seen as both unique and universal as part of world literature. First, the paper examines how legends have been reconstructed in the novel and compares them to two similar works. Second, the paper analyzes how architecture functions in the novel. Third, a parallel universe or "another Albania" is described so as to show how Kadare’s literary universe is formed.

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Ismail Kadare, minor literature, universality, legend, architecture

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Kobayashi, H. (2022). Ismail Kadare’s literary strategies. Legends, architectures and a parallel universe in the "Three-Arched Bridge" (1978). Zeszyty Łużyckie, 57(1), 219–234. https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.940

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Hisako Kobayashi

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Kyoritsu Women's University, Faculty of Arts and Letters Japan

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Hisako Kobayashi, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Kyoritsu Women’s University 2-2-1, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8437, Japan; a researcher of Albanian literature, Ismail Kadare; a lecturer at Faculty of Arts and Letters, Kyoritsu Women’s University. Interested in: Russian literature and movies, Eastern-European literature and movies, Asian literature and movies, world literature, comparative literature. Completed doctoral course at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Russia and Eastern-European Course.