Folklore And the Fantastic Element as A Form of Intertext in The Folktales of Mitrush Kuteli

Abstract

In Albanian literature and literary studies, Dhimitër Paskoja (1907–1966), also known as Mitrush Kuteli, wrote in line with the Word of Oral Literature. He is well known for his work as an economist, translator, and writer. He started his studies in Kumanovo before moving to further education in Bucharest to study economics. Albanian Nights (1938), Ago Jakupi and other narratives such as My Village Consumes Brandy, Kapllan Aga of Shaban Shpata and The Love of Barbarian Artan are among the works he has summarized and published in 1944.

He constructed the subjects in accordance with known preliminary models, oral culture, songs, fairy tales, wise words, ethnic tradition, speech, and white magic and black magic, reaching the depths of their mythical, historical, narrative, and semantic sources. It is important to note that the oral discourse frequently developed as a discourse of typical Albanian ethnocultural identity in Kuteli’s prose. We are dealing with a writer who fervently thinks that oral tradition served as the foundation for his development. Kuteli rightfully refers to folklore as a spiritual meal and the story as a narration. This style of storytelling, which Kuteli refers to as a narration, was characterized by romantic tones, unforced comedy, rich vocabulary, and well picked lexis.