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Common literary devices in Fakeers’ songs a view based on Fakeers’songs in Ampara district

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dc.contributor.author Aabith, M. A. Abdul
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-15T07:28:32Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-15T07:28:32Z
dc.date.issued 2018-12-17
dc.identifier.citation 8th International Symposium 2018 on “Innovative Multidisciplinary Research for Green Development”. 17th - 18th December, 2018. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, University Park, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. pp. 878-889. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-955-627-141-6
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3637
dc.description.abstract Fakeer Society has been interacting and influencing in Sri Lankan Muslims’ culture throughout the history with their activities related to art and literature. Among their art forms, ‘Fakeer Baith’ plays major role for social and cultural interaction. They have produced number of songs and performed them with the musical instrument called “Dahara” in platforms such as stage, home yard of people and common places where people gather, in order to convey moral thoughts and teaching. Their songs mainly consist of religious & spiritual thoughts and social issues. They could be identified and highlighted by some elements (they can be considered as literary Devices) which Fakeers used commonly to produce their songs. This study also focuses on identifying those common literary devices in their songs. It was counducted based on selected songs of fakeers which are included in the dissertation entitled “South Eastern Muslim Culture and Fakir Baith” (2018) submitted to the Department of Languages of South eastern University of Sri Lanka in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of special degree in Tamil. For this study, the formalist approach was applied. As the result, following literary devices are found and discussed: dramatic conversation, Imagination, Symbolism, Metaphor and word choice for pleasure of listening. en_US
dc.language.iso other en_US
dc.publisher South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, University Park, Oluvil, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Fakeer society en_US
dc.subject Songs en_US
dc.subject Literary devices en_US
dc.title Common literary devices in Fakeers’ songs a view based on Fakeers’songs in Ampara district en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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