This research study focuses on a social semiotic approach to Ismail Kadare’s novel The Palace of Dreams. The novel was chosen for study and analysis because it is considered to be one of the Kadare’s most important works. The Palace of Dreams reflects many aspects of Albanian society including governmental abuse of power during the period of the communist regime. The analysis of literary space in this novel focuses on locating the literary discourse in the text and the spaces of the text that produce discourse with their shape, presence and extension. The purpose of this research study is to see how and in what way meaning is conveyed through spaces, and also how and in what shape it serves the comprehensive ideas of the novel. Our purpose is not only to highlight the values of this novel, but rather enable to understand the great importance that space plays in people’s work environments and in their private lives (the characters), and how crucial the space is for their lives and destinies.

This research study will be focusing on the social semiotic approach of Ismail Kadare’s novel called “The Palace of Dreams”. We chose this novel to study and analyze since this book is considered to be one of the most important works of Kadare. The palace of dreams novel brings out many aspects of the Albanian society including its governmental abuse of power during the era of Albania’s communist regime. The analyses of literary space in this novel will focus on locating the literary discourse in the text and the spaces of the text that produce discourse with their form, presence and extension. Moreover, we will analyze these spaces where actions were taking place to see if such actions affect the subject's journey (novel character) and if so, at what level. The goal of this research study is to see how and in what way the meaning is transmitted through spaces, and also how and in what form they serve the comprehensive ideas of the novel. Our purpose is not only to highlight the values of this novel, but rather to make it possible to understand the great importance that space plays in people’s work environments and in their private lives (the characters), and how crucial space is for their lives and destinies.

ResumenCuando se pasa de un período a otro en la creatividad de Pizarnik, se nota un cambio gradual en el aspecto formal y estructural de la misma. Este cambio crea la impresión de que la poeta nunca demuestra estar satisfecha con la búsqueda continua de nuevas formas estructurales en su poesía. Esta investigación se concentra precisamente en este aspecto. Aspecto que se puede explorar y realizar sólo a través de la observación del texto, es decir, con métodos textuales; semióticos y estructurales. El análisis se hará con la intención de observar las formas de los poemas. Asimismo, servirán de gran ayuda los métodos comparativos. Para entender más fácilmente los poemas de Pizarnik, también nos ocuparemos de los siguientes temas: el miedo, el lenguaje, la ansiedad, el amor, la muerte, el asesinato, la infancia, la inocencia, etc.Palabras claves: estructura poética, lenguaje, texto poético, aspecto formal, silencio. AbstractWhen we pass from one period to another of Pizarnik's creativity, we notice a gradual change of the formal and structural aspect in it. This change in the search for a new structure leaves the impression that this poet is never complacent with the form of her poetry and continues to search. In this surveying we are going to focus precisely on this aspect and on the way it changes. This aspect that we have decided to explore in this scientific work is done only through the observation of the text, which means, with the textual methods; semiotics and structuralism, with the intention of analyzing the forms of the poems, where the comparative methods will also help us. The easiest way to understand this poet is to study the topics which she writes about, among them we can mention; fear, language, anxiety, love, death, murder, childhood, innocence, etc.