Fishta was under influence of Croatian Franciscan friars as a student in monasteries in Austria-Hungary , when he wrote his main work '' Lahuta e Malcís '' , influenced by the national epics of Croat and Serb literature . However , the struggle against the Ottoman Empire became secondary and as a central theme substituted with fighting Slavs ( Serbs and Montenegrins ) , whom he saw as more harmful after the recent massacres and expulsions of Albanians by them . The work was banned in Communist Albania and Yugoslavia due to anti-Slavic rhetoric . The work was described as " chauvinist " and " anti-Slavic " in the '' Great Soviet Encyclopaedia '' ( 1950 ) , while Fishta was called " a spy who called for a fight against Slavs "
expulsions
Expulsion of the Albanians 1877–1878
The Highland Lute