Bunyad: A Journal of Urdu Studies
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عبداللہ حسین کے ناولوں میں طبقاتی شعور
No full textAbdullah Hussain, an Urdu novelist and short story writer from Rawalpindi, is an important name in Urdu fiction. Despite belonging to what he would term as ‘middle class’ of Punjab, in his work he has written on all social classes and in great anthropological detail. He had a deep insight and understanding about the issues faced by these classes and has reflected his observations in his characters. He has portrayed well the changing social class system in the post-colonial period and has also studied the coexistence, clash and relationship between different classes. The article explores this theme in Abdullah Hussain’s work
مجید امجد کی شاعری: پنجاب کے ثقافتی تناظر میں
No full textMajeed Amjad is a significant poet of modern Urdu verse, whose work covers a wide variety of subjects and techniques. His linguistic consciousness is unique and he chooses his diction according to the theme he elaborates in a particular poem. Thus, a lot of variation is at work in his poetry. Besides a highly Persianized expression in some places, he uses a purely Hindi vocabulary for some poems and also makes use of words from vernacular, as well as slang. This article explores the artistic use of Punjabi and Hindi diction in Majeed Amjad’s poetry
مقامی شعری اصناف میں مظفر علی سید کی تخلیقی امنگ
No full textThis research paper throws light on Muzaffar Ali Syed's contributions in the critical debate on the question of identity that conditioned the intellectual atmosphere in the first decade of the second half of the 20th century. The writer has attempted to collect Muzaffar Ali Syed's dohās, bẖajans and gīts that were published in different literary journals over a period of time. This paper is an attempt to probe the reasons for which the research and critical appreciation of these Dohās, Bẖajans and Gīts was neglected and as a result the entire creative work of Muzaffar Ali Syed, in this area, was allowed to sink into oblivion
پاکستانی زبانوں کی لسانی و صوتیاتی خصوصیات اور اردو کی تدریس
No full textUrdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is taught across Pakistan in majority of educational institutions. While most of the population is familiar with the language, there appears to be a percentage which hasn’t been exposed to Urdu at all, primarily due to a different mother tongue. Sindẖi and Pashto speakers, for instance, have different symbols of allophones in their scripts, therefore they often face difficulty in writing Urdu. This study is a survey of this situation, also highlighting issues which must be addressed
سندھ کے خانقاہی ادب میں سیرت نگاری: محرکات اور اسالیب کا جائزہ
No full textThe Qurān, followed by aḥadīṡ are the primary sources and records of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) life. To this day, sīrat writing continues and more work is being done with greater attention to authenticity, in various languages, in order to make such literature accessible to all cultures. A number of such books have been written in Urdu as well as other languages of the subcontinent. This article traces sīrat writing in the khānqāhi (related to mystics and culture of shrines) literature of Sindẖ
اکیسویں صدی، وجودی بنیادیں اور نئی نظم کے تشکیلی زاویے
No full textPoetry depicts human emotions, sensibilities, as well as the collective experiences of human beings. The poet reaches a point where he enters the circle of existentialism, often experiencing loneliness, despair, hollowness and alienation. In this article the author has traced the basic characteristics of 21st century Urdu poetry. He argues that in a world driven by politics and political decisions, poets too must uphold their political commitments
Reception and Experimentation of the Urdu Literary Form: The Case of the Ghaẓal in America
Get PDFCultural and literary crossing-over has been going on since ancient times. However, as the pace of globalization increased in the twentieth century, literary forms and genres peculiar to one tradition paved their way into numerous others. Just as the Urdu novel imbibed narrative techniques from the Euro-American fictional genre, many poets from the western hemisphere too have inter-textualized Urdu-Hindi generic forms. Of all such inter-textual influences, perhaps the most intriguing is the case of the ghaẓal and its adaptations by a number of American poets. Initially only translations of Urdu ghaẓals of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib and Faiz Ahmad Faiz were introduced on the American literary landscape. Gradually, many poets started experimenting with the form in English writings. Writers like Adrienne Rich, Judith Wright, Jim Harrison, John Thompson, D. G. Jones, Phyllis Webb, Douglas Barbour, and Max Plater among others emulated the ghaẓal form. However, coupled with the lack of understanding of the original form and of the native culture in which it evolved, the ghaẓal, it seems, remained an enigma for American writers. The breakthrough came with the Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali (19492001) in 1990. Ali’s greatest contribution to modern American poetry was his untiring effort to introduce the essence of the ghaẓal and to establish a permanent place for this genre in modern American poetry
اردو افسانہ، عالمی ادبی تحریکوں کے تناظر میں
No full textIn the 20th century, science and industrial growth had a great impact on social consciousness, thereby having a significant effect on art and literature. After the First World War, bloodshed and colonialism changed the entire philosophical interpretation of life. The disgrace of humanity and its cultural norms deeply affected people. This led to a changed intellectual awareness and a reaction that resulted in new movements in the worlds of art and literature. Dadaism, Surrealism, etc. were born out of this reaction. Urdu literature, especially the short story, was also influenced by modern literary movements, which are discussed in the article
پاکستان میں اردو تھیٔٹر کے فروغ کے لیے " الحمرا آرٹس کونسل " کا کردار: تاریخ، رجہان اور امکانات
No full textTwo renowned theatre organizations, Government College Lahore Dramatics Club and Alhamra Arts Council were established after Partition. This article focuses on the theatrical activities of Alhamra Arts Council since 1956. Alhamra has subsequently become the National Academy of Urdu Theatre. This article discusses those literary giants and their theatrical output— those who came to Alhamra after graduating from Government College Lahore. It also concentrates on the role of Alhamra regarding those theatrical activities which have spread not only across Punjab but all over the country. In many respects, the influence of Alhamra Urdu theatre has been profound and defining. This article explores the history, influence, and potential of the Alhamra Urdu theatre