Alienation as a Precondition of Research,  Discovery, and the Creation of Oneself

Alma  Dema; Enida  Godime

doi:10.36941/jesr-2025-0035

Authors

Alma Dema Dr., Faculty of Education, Department of Literature, Alekander Moisiu University, Durres, Albania
Enida Godime Dr., Faculty of Education, Department of Literature, Alekander Moisiu University, Durres, Albania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2025-0035

Keywords:

spiritual alienation, the other and the self, Tat Tanushi, circular journey

Abstract

Alienation is a modern and postmodern symptom. The alienation is said to happen due to social, psychological, and economic pressure. It is also appearing as a kind of self-protection or self-accommodation. Our paper will attempt to outline the loss, search, and discovery of one of the most extraordinary characters of Albanian short-story writer Mitrush Kuteli, Tat Tanushi of Bubëtima. Tat Tanushi’s case as an unusual character and individual would narrate to us that to be oneself, we first need to recognize it and, through its reflection, know and accept others. This is an anthropological and philosophical approach that, following the existentialist’s line, would make a circular journey, stepping out of spiritual, moral, and theological isolation.

Received: 14 September 2024 / Accepted: 31 December 2024 / Published: 05 January 2025