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The Idea of Man in Munir Niazi's Ghazals
No full textMunir Niazi was a well knowned modern urdu poet. This articledeals with man as a subject of his poetry. He exposes the materialisticselfish man of machine era. In his Ghazals, sensitive man, despite ostensible charms of metropolitian life, has been depicted as burdened with fear, lonliness and tiresome. Yet, man is optimistic about his future in this suffocating and tense environment
Identity of Pakistani Literature: In Context of Urdu Criticism
No full textHasan Askari raised a slogan of Pakistani literature.There are no twoopinions that every country has its own civilization and culture.Then why does an objection is made on Pakistani literature? This article shows up the identity of Pakistani literature and its importance by covering the different stages
Poetic Symbols of Muhammad Safdar Mir
No full textMuhammad Safdar Mir was famous Urdu poet of the 20th centaury.This article seeks to bring into light the symbols of Muhamamd SafdarMir's poem that he created in his poetry. The critic has tried to openhidden meaning of symbols discovered by the poet during creative act. This article deals with the styles and techniques he had employed in his symbolic poetry
Jilani Kamran: An Impressionist of Nature
No full textJilani Kamran was a renowned literary personality. As a poet and criticthe valuable creative and academic asset left by him will always beremembered. He maintained his dignified and exclusive recognition as a scholar. He started his poetry in sixties and due to his specific and eclusive expression his readers were highly impressed. He fundamentally belonged to the new poetic movement. His poetry witnessed a change in his later age and he came closer to the natural colour of poetry. That's why a marked difference can be seen in his earlier and later part of poety
Ibnul Waqt: Construction of Cultural Identity
No full textIdentity is a construction, which is articulated in cultural process and daily social interaction. Literature presents and takes part in this process. In the novel different techniques of characterization are used in determining the identity of characters. It is usually determined in a binary opposition. It is fluid in nature and always seeks an "other" to achieve a shape. In this article the multi-faceted Muslim identity formation in Nazir Ahmad's IbnulWaqt is underscored. It is argued that the essentiality of identity is blurred in daily social interaction. While painting a character, novelist used oppositional vis-à-vis common qualities of other characters to shape its identity
First Complete English Translation of Diwan-e-Ghalib
No full textThis reserch article deals with the first ever complete english traslation of Diwan-e-Ghalib by Dr. Yousaf Hussain Kahn . This translation was published with the name of Urdu Ghazals of Ghalib by Ghalib institute, New Delhi in 1977. This book is very much significant due to the fact that, the first ever complete translation of Mirza Ghalibs Mutadawal Diwan and number of renderings from Nuskha-e-Hamidia, Bayaz-e-jAllai and Urdu-e-Mualla etc. The present Article in an Analytic study of Urdu ghazals of Ghalib. Yousaf Hussain khan is seemed to be successful in transmitting the meaning but fails to maintain the real and faitful impact of ghalibs poetry
Faiz Ahmad Faiz and the Disussions of Culture and Civilization
No full textThis article presents the debate of culture and civilization in context to the critical thinking and concepts of Faiz Ahmad Faiz. The article introduces culture and civilization, national culture and Pakistani culture, ingredients, possible forms and issues of Pakistani culture. The culture of every nation consists of its values, beliefs, traditions, way of life, norms, language, religion, literature, art and technology. All these aspects of culture are strongly correlated to eachother and are evolved through intermingling ofsocieties having a history of several centuries. The major characteristics of a national culture or civilization are its history, geographical boundaries and the diffusion of culture in the society. There are several issues like the identity of civilization and the formation of social system where the diffences between the rich and the poor may possibly be minimized and hence the Marxist approach of Faiz Ahmad Faiz may be observed. In this article, the views of Faiz regarding culture and civilization have been presented with critical analysis
Pakistanism: Ideological and Theoratical Discussions
No full textThe term "Pakistanism" (Pakistaniyat) is directly related to theestablishment of Pakistan. This term is so multidimensional that even today we can see the efforts of determining its denotations and discovering its connotations. To define Pakistanism is difficult without the definition of culture with reference to the debates on Pakistani thought and ideology. Culture comprises a people's customs and traditions which differentiate them from others. The ideological debate on Pakistanism seeks the answers to the questions as whether Pakistani culture is Islamic or Indian or anamalgam of both or none of them. This culture no doubt represents a combination of Islam and geographic distribution that we call Indo-Islamic culture. The ingredients of Pakistanism i.e. doctrine, geography, history, language, literature, arts and social and ritual elements are discussed in the philosophical debates on Pakistanism. In short, Pakistanism means considering the existence of Pakistan and feeling the duty of its defense and other responsibilities
The Emerging Trend of Narration in Pakistani Ads
No full textTelevision commercials are generally produced in two different styles: in argumentative manner, and in narrative style. In argumentative style various attributes of the product are shown in a logical manner; whilst narrative style is more towards storytelling and product is presented as a part of the story. Generally around the globe, and particularly in Pakistan argumentative style has always been in fashion. Particularly in the earlier years advertisements are considered to be a logical way to present the key characteristics of a product to its consumers. Mostly, this straight forward approach is because advertising is still at its infancy in Pakistan; however, in the last five years, a shift from the argumentative to narrative can be observed. This research paper reviews the some of the television advertisements, and examines these to study the shift in the trends of advertisements
Urdu Poem: Meaning, Phases and Trends
No full textUrdu poem has different phases in its developmental process. Therewas no any concept of thematic poem in classical age of Urdu poetry but Nazeer Akbar Abadi is an exception who wrote poems on themes. Modern Urdu poem is started in colonial period of India. Muhammad Husain Azad, Hali and some other poets wrote thematic poems from the platform of Anjuman-e-Punjab. Progressive poets wrote poems on social and economical issues.On the other hand poets who were affiliated with Halqa Arbab-e-Zoq focused on inner feelings and individuality of man. Movement of new poetry started after 1960. Poets who were affiliated with new poetry movement raised some philosophical questions about man and new issues of modern societ