Albanian literature developed in the 16th century and achieved extensive development in the 17th century. For example, the first book published in 1555 - Jion Buzuku's "Prayer Book", shows that Albania had a written language at least before the 16th century. Works from this period include Marin Barleti's prose "The Siege of Shkodra" (1578), "The Martial Arts and Life of George Castriot Skanderbeg" (1579), "Christian Doctrine" by the poet Peter Budi (1566~1622), "Skanderbeg" by F. Baldi (1606~1643), etc.
At the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, Islamic literature had a great influence on poets such as M. Kuchukwu (1784~1844), giving their works a strong religious flavor and oriental literature. mood.
From the 1830s and 1940s, with the vigorous development of the Albanian national renaissance movement, the literature of the national renaissance period began. In order to carry out extensive patriotic propaganda and raise national consciousness, pioneers of the national liberation movement such as Navechirharji (1797~1866) made arduous efforts to develop Albanian language and education.
National renaissance literature is divided into two periods based on the establishment of the Prizren League in 1878: the representative writers in the early period include Na Vechirhalji and Kon Christopherli Di (1830~1895), Wa Pasha (1825~1892), Ye Dai Radha (1814~1903), etc.; in the later period, there were Na Frasheli (1846~1900), An Zha Chayou Bi (1866~1930), En Mieda (1866~1937), etc. It is characterized by its opposition to the rule of its feudal lords and Türkiye and its passionate pursuit of freedom and national liberation. Famous writers of this period, such as Na Frasheli, the founder of Albanian literature, and prose writer Sa Frasheli (1850~1904) were important leaders of the national liberation movement, and their thoughts concentratedly represented the national liberation movement. The revolutionary ideals of the Revivalists.
Poetry occupies the most important position in national rejuvenation literature. Na Fracheri's long lyric poem "The Herd and the Earth" (1886) and the lyric poem "Summer Flowers" (1890) adopt a pastoral style to describe the natural scenery of the motherland and the lives of farmers and shepherds. and labor, predicting that Albania will be liberated. Mieda's lyrical poem "The Day of the Young Goddess", Va. Pasha's poem "Oh, Albania", Asdereny's (1872~1947) poems "Sunshine", "Ideals and Tears", etc., are all lyrical poems. Famous poems. Narrative poetry has also developed significantly, such as Na Frasheli's long narrative poem "The Life of Skanderbeg" (1898), Dai Rada's poetic novel "The Song of Miliosao" (1836) and the novel Gavriel Dara's (1826~1885) long narrative poem "The Last Song of Bala" (1906) plays an important role in both works. In these works, the poets created the glorious image of Skanderbeg, the national hero, and showed the Albanian people's struggle against foreign aggression and oppression.
The main creative method of national renaissance writers and poets is Romanticism, which was first developed by the Alboresh poets Ye de Rada and Gavriel Dara the Younger who lived in southern Italy. Using it, poets such as Frascheri and Mieda further developed it. From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, realist writers emerged, represented by Anza Chayoubi, whose collection of poems "Father - Tomori Mountain" (1902), comedies "After Death", "The Fourteen-Year-Old" "The Bridegroom", the poetic drama "Heroes of the Motherland", etc., depict the lives of the Albanian people from many aspects, expose the tyranny of the Turkish occupiers, and reflect the people's desire for freedom and national liberation. His works have a great influence on the later literature of the national independence period. The impact is great.