19 වන සියවසේ ක්ෂණික කාව්‍ය බන්ධනයන්හි සමාජ දෘෂ්ටිය පිළිබද විග්‍රහයක්

Abstract

he Sri Lankan traditional society was subjected to a substantial transformation as it succumbed to Western invasions. Sri Lanka’s surrender to the British dominance respectively following the Portuguese and Dutch invasions was a turning point of this transformation. In 1829 William Colebrook and C.H. Cameron altered the rule, economy and the education of the country. Cameron prepared what is known as the Corporate Revision Report while other reports were presented by Colebrook. The implementation of those reforms as recommended by the commission was the leading cause which directed the entire history of Sri Lanka in a new path to be characterized by a rapid change in 19th century. This transformation was seen in a number of sectors which are, economic, political, cultural, religious and literary. In the British era, with the expansion of the printing technology Sinhala literature saw a conspicuous change. The impact of the Western literature along with the emanation of diversity in the traditional literary tradition was seen. Special attention should be drawn to the transformation that took place in 19th century in terms of the traditional poetic literature, in the presence of the printing technology. It was in this period that the foundation to the origin of the modern poetic literature was created, most of which are instrumental in identifying the thoughts and perspectives of the people who lives in that particular period. The purpose of this research article is to address the social perspective of the common poets as it is brought out by the poetic creations that took its origin in the 19th century.