Çanakkale Araştırmaları Türk Yıllığı (Apr 2008)
Arif Damar'ın Sanat Anlayışına Genel Bir Bakış
Abstract
Arif Damar was born on 23rd. July , 1925 in a village called Karainebeyli located in Gallipoli, in Çanakkale. He is one of the most welknown representatives of 1940s. He has been running his writing career since 1940, the year he published his first poem. He had 92 written his first poem with the understanding of Socialist-Realist Movement when he was 15, then, he modified his poetry by poetic movements such as, ‘Garip’ and ‘økinci Yeni’ without loosing his connection to the socialist esence of his poetry. In his poetry collection in 1940s, he used another name, ‘Arif Damar’. Within this period, when World War II took place, his peotry subscribed to the Socialist-Realist line, which was against Emparialism but fore Humanism. The artist stopped using the name ‘Barikat’ in 1956 and started to use ‘Arif Damar’, his real name instead. This change also announces the change in his artistic understanding. In those years, ‘økinci Yeni’ Poetry Movement, focusing on abstractimplications, was at its peakpoint. Arif Damar , with the influence of the ‘økinci Yeni’ Poetry Movement, developed a unique poetic stange depending on self discovery and imagery. This elaborate poetry was about society and related topics in contrast with the ‘økinci Yeni’ Poetry Movement. Arif Damar’s poetry was diverted from Socialist-Realist Movement after 1960s, especially concerning the structure and expression of his writing style. He was agaist the SocialistRealist idea of writing ‘for the society ‘and claimed that this did not mean ‘writing in the way that society would understand . He did not find is right that the poetry which was not weitten within the same conventions was considered as ‘abstract poetry’.
