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Title پاکستانی اردو اسفار پر مبنی اردو سفرناموں میں علاقائی ثقافت کی عکاسی

Author(s) Nazia Kanwal

Abstract Title: Reflection of regional cultures in Pakistani Urdu travelogues Travelogue is a fascinating kind of narrative genre of literature which becomes more appealing by the literary style of its writer. Man has predilection for diversity by nature. He feels boredom and restlessness for being consistently at the same place. Such a nature that avoids monotony tempts him to move on to some other place. Travelogue is an ancient genre of narrative literature which arose because of the fickle nature of man. It is a kind of writing in which a writer presents his personal experiences, observations and feelings by sequencing them. All this stuff is derived from the landscapes and the events of a traveler’s journey. A travelogue writer observes his age with an inquisitive view point. He narrates the way he finds his age. With the help of keen observation, he also brings to the pages what does not happen before his eyes. He accomplishes this complicated task when he is aware of the creative and artistic demand of literature and able to present. The experiences and observation in a stunning manner. Any inadequacy in this regard relation to ability will deprive the writer to produce a good travelogue despite his keen observation. In the travelogue of the past, the trend of history and geography was common. The travelogues in the present times, not only contain information but also the diversity of topics. Besides information, geography, history, culture, civilization, religion, economic and social facts have become part of travelogues. The culture of all provinces of Pakistan is very lively. Every province is a bearer of its own unique culture which is complete in itself as well as different from other provincial cultures. Urdu travel writers not only took interest in the cultures of these territories but also expressed these fully. Study of Urdu travelogue reveals that they contain rich expression of all cultural elements. In this thesis, an effort has been made to look at all those cultural elements which have remained as the manifestation of interests of these travel writers. Moreover, the current study encompasses all such elements as have never been studied in travelogues.

Type Thesis/Dissertation PhD

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Department Urdu

Language Urdu

Publication Date 2023-10-18

Subject Urdu

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