Thematic Trends of Poems in Selected Amharic Magazines (1956 - 1995)
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1996-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This paper is concerned with the analysis of poems
collected from nine Amharic magazines published from 1956 to
1995 E.C. The magazines understudy are: 'Menen', 'Yekatit',
'Efoyta', 'Sendek', 'Tsedey', 'Goh', 'Tobia', 'Telenegarit',
and ' Birri tu' .
In this thesis, the nature of the poems published in the
magazines are observed. The recurrent themes of the poems at
the different regimes are identified and analyzed. Their
relation to the respective administration is discussed . The
trends taken by the themes during the last 40 years are traced
and discussed in line with the social changes that took place
during the past years. The social and political phenomena that
could have a possible influence on the publication and
production of the poems are assessed through interviews and
questionnaires and the results are used in the analysis of
their impact.
The research examines all those poems in the 8 magazines
which used to be and which are still published by three
different publishers. The focus of the study is especially
those poems which deal with the social, political and economic
issues of the society and so they are dealt well here . In the
research, an attempt is made to put light on the major
problems of the society at every regime in the last 40 years.
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Thematic Trends of Poems