- by William C. Chittick
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Pakistani Literature in English and Urdu. Authored in 1908 by a young Kati, born a Kafir and recently converted to Islam, it contains a precious description of Kati culture, carrying many details on ritual, political, economic and legal aspects, that very usefully integrate, and often correct, the classic narrative by George Robertson.
This paper is a reflectionist Marxist study of Ali Akbar Natiq's short stories. The short stories in the collection 'What Will You Give For This Bauty?' are the direct recreation of the rural culture of Punjab, Pakistan. Ali Akbar Natiq... more
This paper is a reflectionist Marxist study of Ali Akbar Natiq's short stories. The short stories in the collection 'What Will You Give For This Bauty?' are the direct recreation of the rural culture of Punjab, Pakistan. Ali Akbar Natiq as a son of the soil brings the real colour of the natural life of the rural Punjabi people. He acutely views and presents their daily life like problems particularly the problem of money. Every individual who lives in society comes face to face with economic problem but how does this problem regulate the life of the characters Ali Akbar shows realistically in his short stories. The aim of this paper is uncover the economic issues and their impact on the daily life of the character. The aim of the paper is to use reflectionist Marxist idea of wealth and uncover the way it monitors, regulates and controls the life of the masses. The reflectionists of Marxism claim that the writers project their time and economic affairs. The work of literature is a close representation of economic pursuits of the characters. This paper explores the economic pursuits of the characters and their struggle to topple each other.
- by tariq usman
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This paper is a dialogic analysis of Saadat Hassan Manto's short stories based on partition of 1947. Manto is basically a marvelous and matchless writer in Urdu literature. He experienced partition and its horrors. His work is a true and... more
This paper is a dialogic analysis of Saadat Hassan Manto's short stories based on partition of 1947. Manto is basically a marvelous and matchless writer in Urdu literature. He experienced partition and its horrors. His work is a true and realistic representation of partition 1947. The stories in the collection Mottled Dawn portray range of voices which is the hallmark of Bakhtine's concept of dialogism. Dialogue and its use is dialogism. A dialogic communication is in the form of dialogue. Mikhail Bakhtine's idea of dialogism explains that there is a range of voices in the text. The voice of the writer and the characters merge with each other. It is the skill of the writer to give vivid and clear picture which is painted not ny the voice of the author but by the voices of the characters.
- by tariq usman
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This paper is a dialogic analysis of Saadat Hassan Manto's short stories based on partition of 1947. Manto is basically a marvelous and matchless writer in Urdu literature. He experienced partition and its horrors. His work is a true and... more
This paper is a dialogic analysis of Saadat Hassan Manto's short stories based on partition of 1947. Manto is basically a marvelous and matchless writer in Urdu literature. He experienced partition and its horrors. His work is a true and realistic representation of partition 1947. The stories in the collection Mottled Dawn portray range of voices which is the hallmark of Bakhtine's concept of dialogism. Dialogue and its use is dialogism. A dialogic communication is in the form of dialogue. Mikhail Bakhtine's idea of dialogism explains that there is a range of voices in the text. The voice of the writer and the characters merge with each other. It is the skill of the writer to give vivid and clear picture which is painted not ny the voice of the author but by the voices of the characters.
- by tariq usman
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- by Humaira Siddiqua Malik
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- by Humaira Siddiqua Malik
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- by Humaira Siddiqua Malik
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- by Humaira Siddiqua Malik
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- by Humaira Siddiqua Malik
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A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English by John Thompson Platts
- by Hannay Gamal
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This study aims at exploring the element of political strain in the poems of Seamus Heaney and Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the light of post-colonial studies swiveling round Spivak’s Subaltern theory. Both the poets become a forceful voice of... more
This study aims at exploring the element of political strain in the poems of Seamus Heaney and Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the light of post-colonial studies swiveling round Spivak’s Subaltern theory. Both the poets become a forceful voice of subalterns belonging to lower classes and the social groups who are at the margins of society. These universally acknowledged poets belong to two different continents, yet they have startling unity of political themes in their poetry. The research discusses Seamus Heaney’s those poems which highlight the ethnic violence and political exploitation in detail to present what was going around him in his times by his myth-making genius. By taking events from the past, he articulates the atrocities committed on the subalterns in the name of religious rituals and social rites to accomplish political interests in the present. He takes history as a human chain where oppression and suppression have always remained persistent. He takes his themes from his ancestry and pinpoints the problems of common man, the subaltern, whose voice is not heard in the domain of power and change. On the other hand, Faiz’s poetry is famous for its revolutionary themes portraying pitiable plight of the subaltern not only in Pakistan, but also in Africa and Palestine. He advocated for the common cause against oppressors. He being the veteran of undue suffering faced cruelties of the imperialist dictators. Hence his poetry does not confine to mere speculation rather assumes pragmatic and practical existence in venting and voicing the onrush violence over the subaltern. So a thorough analysis of the selected poems of both the poets reveals similarities of the political themes in thus marking them as the exponents of the suppression and atrocities committed in their respective countries. Their poems trace the patterns of violence through the pages of human history. Hence the study of their selected poems confirmed that both felt for humanity and devoted their lives to that cause.
- by Muhammad Nawaz
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This book focuses on the contributions of famous literary historian Md Hussain Azad. In addition to this, the legends like Ghalib, Nazeer Akbarabadi etc.were evaluated thoroughly.
- by Safdar Imam Quadri
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The book has been divided into seven parts as culture, renaissance, Azimabad literary School, Poetry criticism, Novels, Personalities, Books & Teaching.
- by Safdar Imam Quadri
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Pakistani society is male dominant society and patriarchal values are rife there from time immemorial. Sara Suleri has tried to portray this scenario through her both memoirs named as Meatless Days and Boys will be Boys. Though Sara... more
Pakistani society is male dominant society and patriarchal values are rife there from time immemorial. Sara Suleri has tried to portray this scenario through her both memoirs named as Meatless Days and Boys will be Boys. Though Sara touches the topics of politics, history and culture of Pakistan but main focus is circumstances in which concept of male gaze seems to be overloaded. Norms of traditions prevalent in Pakistan always favor male member of society. Male gaze concept is one of the offshoot of feminist ideology; where patriarchy, dominance and upper-hand are norms.
- by Muhammad Nawaz
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This study aims at exploring the element of political strain in the poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the light of post-colonial studies swiveling round Spivak's Subaltern theory. Faiz become a forceful voice of subalterns belonging to lower... more
This study aims at exploring the element of political strain in the poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the light of post-colonial studies swiveling round Spivak's Subaltern theory. Faiz become a forceful voice of subalterns belonging to lower classes and the social groups who are at the margins of society. He has startling unity of political themes in his poetry. The research discusses Faiz's those poems which highlight the ethnic violence and political exploitation in detail to present what was going around him in his time.
- by Muhammad Nawaz
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- by Sarah Ilott
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The 20 articles compiled in this book covers four decades of Urdu literature
- by Safdar Imam Quadri
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In this book, 22 book reviews written by the author and edited by Dr Alfiya Noori have been compiled
- by Safdar Imam Quadri
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In this monograph, the author has focused on the background, the age and the followers of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
- by Safdar Imam Quadri
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This is a collection of critical articles of the author
- by Safdar Imam Quadri
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