Urdu Fiction and Modern Lifestyle

oai:tasdeeq1.localhost:article/10Modern lifestyle is the biggest outcome of our times. As a social phenomenon, it is much due to the development of human society. Advancement in knowledge laid the foundation of science and technology and this advancement transformed the ancient simple life to the magic world of today where everything is on your single click. Modern life has many problems too. The cause of these problems is also the same advancement in technology. In today’s globalized world these problems are at large and encompass the whole world. Urdu literature does not ignore the pros and cons of the modern lifestyle in its depiction. This article shows the presentation of the modern lifestyle in modern Urdu literature at a glance

Canto & Its Evolution in Urdu Literature

Poetry of any literature is the mirror of that language in which it is being produced. Urdu literature, under the influence of globalization, has changed so much and adopted many forms and molds of poetry from modern literature of the western world. Urdu poetry especially in the nearer past has adopted many new styles, techniques, and Genres from the languages of the world. In this article, it is discussed to what extent Urdu literature has adopted the genre of Canto and what are the different ways of exploration and innovation of Urdu poets in this regard. It presents the contemporary situation of Canto along with its tradition in Urdu literature

NEW FORMS OF MODERN GHAZAL

Every genre of literature transforms with time by the means of form and content. Ghazal is the most popular and form-based genre of Urdu Literature. Though very confirmed and defined in its structure and form, Ghazal has also changed its structure and form with time. Especially in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, when new experiments are being performed particularly with the casting of this ancient kind of literature, Ghazal underwent many transformations in the name of modernity. This article encompasses these changes and modernization of Urdu Ghazal in the contemporary era and near past