Migjeni (Millosh Gjergj Nikolla) as the harbinger of modern Albanian literature in the analysis of foreign (non-Albanian) researchers

Abstract

Relevance. The research relevance is predetermined by the fact that Albanian literature began to develop very late, there is little information about it in scientific sources, and its representatives and their works are not known to the general public, although there are truly unique figures among them. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the personality of Migjeni (Millosh Gjergj Nikolla) as a harbinger of modern Albanian literature from the point of view of non-Albanian researchers. Methodology. The basis of the methodological approach in this research work is a comprehensive systematic study based on a qualitative combination of theoretical research methods. In particular, analysis, synthesis (of syncretic elements of creativity), abstraction, generalization, interpretation, as well as descriptive, comparative, method of comparison, and comparative-historical method were applied for a detailed examination of the personality of Migjeni, his contribution to the development of modern Albanian poetry and to study the views of non-Albanian researchers on the figure of the poet, as well as his role in the development of Albanian national culture and Albanian literature. Results. The main results that were obtained within the framework of this scientific research should be considered the substantiation of the role of Migjeni in the development of modern Albanian poetry in the context of the analysis of the works of non-Albanian scholars, devoted to the consideration of the life and creative path of this Albanian poet. Conclusions. The results of this scientific research, as well as the conclusions formulated on their basis, are of practical value for literary critics, philologists, teachers, as well as other specialists involved in the study of the peculiarities of Albanian literature, its stages of formation and its representatives who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Albanian literary process.