اردو ادب کا تارخی تناظر- قیام پاکستان کے بعد

Abstract

History of 20th Century Urdu Literature is still without a proper perspective. Historians and critics of Urdu Literature have been avoiding facing this difficult and complex exercise. As a result most of the histories of Urdu Literature generally end up at the beginning of 20th century. Some cover up the period up to the Romantic Movement or Progressive movement. They cover up the general issues in broad strokes and do not grapple with the difficult question of the division of the Subcontinent and its effects on Urdu Literature and Literary figures. Only one history of Urdu Literature i.e. Dr. Hassan Akhter's "History of Urdu Literature" covers the period up to the 3rd quarter of the

20th Century. But it also deals with the major literary figures and not with the historical, social and political forces which have divided the post partition period into two different streams of literature with their own peculiar situations. Dr. Ashraf's paper points out this major factor in the History of Urdu Literature and the necessity to deal with the two streams.