Intervention of the early left movement in the culture in Sri Lanka: in the light of the red poets in the Colombo period
Author Affiliations
- 1Department of Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
- 2Department of Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka
Res. J. Language and Literature Sci., Volume 6, Issue (1), Pages 1-7, January,19 (2019)
Abstract
The Leftist Movement of Sri Lanka (1935-1964) worked first against imperialism, then against the Ceylon National Congress and thereafter against the UNP. This was the mainmovement that fought for political and economic freedom in the context of colonialism. The functioning of several political parties, such as the L.S.S.P, C.P, and the M.E.P. as well as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, is commonly known as the Leftist Movement. This research looks at what the left-wing movement did in the cultural field. Opinions of ten scholars, books, newspapers and websites have been used as the sources of the study. Qualitative data collected is subjected to qualitative analysis. The study focuses on an inquiry into creative works and political activities of very popular 10 poets who had associated with the leftmovement. The key factors this pursuit has disclosed includes that those politically minded poets involved in their literary activities and bothactive politics at the same time. It has also been found out that the format they commonly used was quatrain with rhymes. Newspapers, magazines, books and leaflets containing a versified account of unusual true contemporary incident were the important media they used. Their creations were largely propagandist, but occasionally there were also creative works. All these poets also could reel off impromptu verses.Solely for this reason the left movement sought the support of these poets in order to attract masses. Based on these facts, it is concluded that the early left movement is marked by the intervention of the poets of the second generation orRomantic poets of the Colombo period in it. It is impossible to remove these poets from the leftist movement.
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