PERANAN PERSATUAN PENULIS MEMBANGUNKAN KESUSASTERAAN DI NEGERI PERAK

THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERATURE IN PERAK TROUGH THE ROLE OF WRITERS ASSOCIATION

  • Ghazali Din Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Perak, Malaysia
Keywords: Peranan, Persatuan, Penulis, Kesusasteraan, Roles, Associations, Writers, Literature

Abstract

Makalah ini membincangkan dan menganalisis secara historikal peranan persatuan-persatuan penulis yang pernah wujud di negeri Perak. Dalam mengembangkan kesusasteraan, penulis tidak hanya bergerak secara individu, tetapi secara kolektif bersatu di bawah persatuan yang dianggap efisyen dalam melahirkan pengarangpengarang kreatif. Kajian ini bukan sahaja meninjau peranan persatuan penulis melalui kepustakaan, malah pertemuan dengan bekas-bekas pemimpin dan pemimpin sedia ada selain menyemak keratan-keratan yang memuatkan maklumat persatuan sewaktu persatuan masih bergerak aktif dan tidak aktif lagi. Kajian ini juga menyelusuri sumbangan pemimpin-pemimpin persatuan penulis yang pernah berjasa kepada organisasi kesusasteraan di negeri Perak. Negeri Perak dilihat sebagai antara negeri yang mempunyai lebih dari satu persatuan penulis yang masing-masing menyumbang ke arah memartabatkan kesusasteraan tanah air. Namun, perubahan masa membuatkan ada persatuan tidak mampu bertahan walaupun terdapat persatuan yang mampu kekal lama. Pertumbuhan persatuan penulis di negeri Perak pada tahun 1970an dan 1980-an menyerlahkan kehebatan dan kebanyakannya aktif menggerakkan pelbagai aktiviti. Kajian mendapati kebanyakannya akhirnya tidak aktif dan dibubarkan disebabkan beberapa faktor antaranya ahli bertukar persatuan, penghijrahan serta kekurangan barisan kepimpinan pelapis untuk meneruskan kesinambungan kegiatan. Hasil kajian mendapati Perak perlu memperkasakan kembali gerakan kesusasteraan berlandas kegemilangan masa lalu untuk mencorakkan masa depan sastera di negeri itu. 

 

This article discusses and analyses, from historical aspects, the roles of the associations of writers in the State of Perak. Writers are not only active individually, but also collectively in associations in producing creative writers. This research collected data through various methods; the researcher not only carry out library research on the associations’ roles, but also met past administrators as well as present ones besides perusing newspaper articles to find out activities of active and dormant associations. This research also analysed contributions made by past administrators to writers’ associations in the state of Perak. Perak is seen as one of the states that have more than one writer’s associations that have contributed to the establishment of national literature. However, some associations had ceased to exist but some managed to stay active. The existence of writers’ associations in the 70s and 80s in the state of Perak demonstrated their significant strength and most of them were very active in carrying out various activities. The research found out that most of these associations finally disappeared due to various factors such as members joining other writers’ associations, writers migrating to other places and lack of new leaders to ensure the continuity of the associations. The findings of the research also show that the state of Perak has to revitalise the literary associations to emulate their past achievements which can help design the future success of literature in the state. 

How to Cite
Din, G. (1). PERANAN PERSATUAN PENULIS MEMBANGUNKAN KESUSASTERAAN DI NEGERI PERAK . RUMPUN JURNAL PERSURATAN MELAYU, 1(1), 177 - 202. Retrieved from http://rumpunjurnal.com/jurnal/index.php/rumpun/article/view/106