Byron’s Use of Language in Description of East/West and its Albanian Reception

• Authors: Seniha Krasniqi

Title variants

PL

Język Byrona w opisie Wschodu/Zachodu i jego odbiór wśród Albańczyków

Abstracts

PL

W niniejszym artykule, stosując podejście hermeneutyczne, omawiamy sposób użycia języka przez G. G. Byrona w opisie kwestii społeczno-politycznych i geograficznych krajów, które odwiedził on podczas swojej podróży po Europie, przede wszystkim w odniesieniu do Albanii. Pokazuję, że w Wędrowkach Childe Harolda Byron przedstawił albańską rzeczywistość, sugerując powinowactwo z rodzimym kontekstem kulturowym. Analizuję również albański odbiór wizji angielskiego poety. Uzasadniam zasadność włączenia do świadomości narodu albańskiego stanowiska Byrona w kwestii Albanii, jak i uzupełnienia języka albańskiego o wykorzystane przez niego orientalne słownictwo.

EN

In this paper, using a hermeneutic approach, I discuss G. G. Byron’s use of language in describing the socio-political and geographical issues of the countries he visited during his travels in Europe, primarily with regard to Albania. I show that in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Byron depicted Albanian scenery in an attempt to create homophily. I also analyse the Albanian reception of the English poet’s vision. I justify the relevance of incorporating Byron’s position on Albania into the consciousness of the Albanian people, as well as supplementing the Albanian language with the oriental vocabulary he used.

Keywords

EN

George Gordon Byron; Albania; East/West; Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage; Balkans; language; culture

PL

George Gordon Byron; Albania; Wschód/Zachód; Wędrówki Childe Harolda; Bałkany; język; kultura

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Slawistyki PAN
• Journal: Slavia Meridionalis
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 23

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Seniha Krasniqi

• Universiteti i Prishtinës [University of Prishtina], Prishtinë [Pristina]

• https://orcid.org/0000000197378429

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Identifiers

DOI

10.11649/sm.2902

Biblioteka Nauki

33323108