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ALBANIAN NATIONAL AWAKENING.

Authors :
MUSTAFA, Hysen
Source :
Vizione; 2023, Issue 40, p111-126, 16p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The new events and phenomena that appeared in the 19th century marked a new era for the peoples of Balkans, that of national Renaissance. The 19th century for the Balkans is also known as the century of national movements and revolutions, because most of them formed an independent state and were freed from foreign invasions. This era of the formation of nations in the Balkans also affected the Albanians, who formed their independent state and nation. Namely, the birth of Albanian nationalization marked the historical period of the years 1830-40 until the Declaration of Independence of Albania in 1912. In this paper we will deal with the political causes such as the League of Prizren and the creation of national consciousness by the renaissance as a cultural community, linguistic and historical. The articulation of the Albanian nation as a cultural community built on the basis of language made them stand out from other nations in the Balkans. Above all, Albanian nationalists considered language as the main element, turning it into a national symbol. In conclusion, we affirm that the Albanian nation was built on language and did not allow regional and religious ideas to influence national identity. In fact, the national identity was created in difficult time conditions, but above all the most powerful arguments such as the element of language and culture made the preservation of national, cultural and ethnic unity for the creation of an ethnic Albanian state. On the argument of language and culture, we will build the argument of the creation of the Albanian national identity based on the ideas of the Albanian renaissance of that time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14098962
Issue :
40
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Vizione
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
164715013