Myth of Identity - Myth of Narcissus

Abstract

Ernest Koliqi's Mirrors of Narcissus belongs to the form of poetical prose. The accompanying note of Mirrors of Narcissus recognizes it as Seven short poems in Prose in the role of a pre-textual determinant. The Preface to the Mirrors of Narcissus”, on the other hand, states that the Mirrors of Narcissus are reflexive stories without subject that were published in 1936 to be given the final touch in the 1963 reprint. On the other hand, the tradition of the reading, finds this work in the genesis of the story, which is also reflected in the preface of the reprint of this work, and the presence of such a determinant proves the reading of Mirrors of Narcissus as stories. Further, review defines them as modern tales. Structurally, the book is divided into seven parts, seven poetical proses, which are from a few pages, each of which has a title and deals with a seemingly distinct and different topic from the others but that complement each other, giving the text the opportunity to stand as a whole or even as special texts-stories. So even though the seven proses do not have a strong relationship of affinity with one another, if we view them from their thematic code and style then they can be seen as variants of each other. This is also emphasized by researcher K. M. Shala, who points out that Mirrors of Narcissus have a style unit and a thematic code developed in variants, in seven variants to be specific. The book features seven poetic projections.