The method of socialist realism did not develop uniformly in all literary types. Scholars generally agree that poetry in Albania suffered a greater influence from socialist realism rather than prose, unlike Kosovo, where prose was more exposed to changes from this art-leveler method.
3.1 Development of poetry
One of the main reasons why socialist realism influenced more the Albanian poetry was related to the fact that this literary genre was considered a follower of partisan songs. Since they were the strongest expression of liberation cause, partisan songs embedded in the recipient, thus conveying psychological and propaganda effects. As Milazim Krasniqi explains "lyrics of partisan songs written by Andrea Varfi, Fatmir Gjata, Kole Jakova, Qamil Buxheli, Shefqet Musaraj, and even Mehmet Shehu and Shefqet Peci, began the process of changing the function of the aesthetic text and promoted that as an exclusively ideological function" (Krasniqi, 2005, p. 164). This feature propaganda function spread through poetry prevailed in a powerful way, …show more content…
In the tradition of Albanian literature before the World War II, we can mention the stories of Faik Konica, Mitrush Kuteli, Migjeni, etc. Regarding the novel, its tradition is poorer, such as the works of Ndoc Nikaj, Sterjo Spasse, Haki Stërmilli, etc. The development of the compelling character of poetry compared to narrative works consists of two main reasons: first, the fact that Albania was a country with high illiteracy rate for a prolonged period of time; hence the consumption of literature was mainly conveyed through oral channel. Second, the main function of the Renaissance literature was that of an inducing character whereas poetry and poems had faster literary tools for the implementation of this function. However, this barely started road of the development of prose interrupted its qualitative development by the arrival of the totalitarian