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Title نظریہ نو تاریخیت اور اردو ادب :اردو ادب میں نو تاریخیت کے نظری و اطلاقی مباحث کا تحقیقی و تجزیاتی مطالعہ

Author(s) Muhammad Umer Farooq

Abstract NEW HISTORICISM THEORY AND URDU LITERATURE: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED DISCOURSE OF NEW HISTORICISM IN URDU LITERATURE. Abstract: My research treatise is basically about a literary theory named; “New Historicism”. The theory of New Historicism was first given by English Theorist and Critic; “Stephen Jay Green Blatt” between 1980A.D to 1987A.D, with the help of different articles and books. In 1982A.D, he used this term‟s name for the first time. In this sense, a book named; “Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare." Which was published in 1980A.D, is very overriding and foremost. Also In 1987A.D, “Stephen Jay Greenblatt” wrote an essay entitled; “Towards a Poetics of Culture” which remains the rudimentary text of new historicism to this day. With the thought, contemplation and texts of “Stephen Jay Greenblatt” and his coadjutor like; “Jonathan Goldberg”, “Stephen Orgel”, “Louis Montross”, “Lisa Jardine” and “Leonard Tennenhouse”, the ideology of New Historicism flourished in America. On the other hand, in “Great Britain” (England) theory of “New Historicism” was thrive by “Raymond Henry Williams” and his cohort members like; “Jonathan Dollimore” ,“Alan Sinfield” ,“Catherine Belsey” and “Francis Barker” ,with a slightly different name which was;“Cultural Materialism”. Such, the theory of New historicism prosper. Thus, critics of Urdu literature influenced by him in the early nineties and began writing about New Historicism. The first articles on New Historicism in Urdu were written by; "Riaz Siddiqui" between 1993A.D to 1995A.D. After Riaz Siddiqui, lot of other critics of Urdu like; “Prof. Atique Ullah, Dr. Gopi Chand Narang, Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyer, Wahab Ashraf, Altaf Anjum, Shams-ur- Rehman Farooqi, Prof. Ehsaas Baig, Dr. Qazi Abid and Dr. Naseem Abbas Ahmar”, wrote articles on New Historicism. The articles of; “Prof. Atique Ullah, Dr. Gopi Chand Narang, Dr. Nasir Abbas IX Nayyer and Shams-ur- Rehman Farooqi” are so valued. So, if I want to define and elaborate New Historicism in just one line, then I say that; New Historicism is a theory that deals with History, Culture, Literary text and literary criticism. The main concern of new historicism, is with literature, history and culture, who is focused on understanding and explaining the relationship between them, and which opened the layers of history and led the way of reconstructing the past by formulating "Inter textual historical principle of criticism". So I wrote down my research in the context of the concept of New Historicism. And I have divided the thesis into four Chapters. First Chapter; is about introduction of research and basic concepts. In which I discussed the basic concepts of; “History, Philosophy of History, Historicism, and New Historicism”. Second Chapter; is about beginner thinkers of New Historicism, Schools of thoughts of New Historicism and Fundamental concepts of New Historicism. I have discussed and evaluated all these aspects in this chapter. In Third Chapter, Research turned to Urdu literature. In which I analyzed the text of theoretical concepts of New Historicism in Urdu literature. This is based on “Fourteen (14) Articles” and “One (1) Thesis”. The motif of the Fourth and the Last Chapter of this research is like the third. In which I analyzed the text of applied samples of New Historicism in Urdu literature. This is based on “Five (5) Articles” and “Three (3) Thesis”. And after these Four Chapters I wrote an Overview, Research Findings and Recommendations about research. Hence, this research thesis is about New Historicism, covering the entire Theoretical and Applied development of this Theory (New Historicism) from its inception in English literature to its spread in Urdu literature and criticism.

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Department Urdu

Language Urdu

Publication Date 2023-05-23

Subject Urdu

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