Abstract
In this text of a lecture delivered in India, the author rehabilitates Mir's poetry squarely into the framework of classical Urdu poetics. Demonstrating a historical continuity of a robust tradition to which such great poets as Wali-, Nasikh, Ghalib and Mir all belonged, it is pointed out that for a piece of poetry to be "valid," one does not need to seek explanatory principles by harking back to poet's actual life experiences and biographical details, political context of his times, or external historical factors in general.
Author(s):
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Poet, Author, Critic and TheoristShamsur Rahman Faruqi was a distinguished Urdu critic, poet, fiction writer, and theorist. His works span over different genres, from literary history and criticism to poetry and fiction. Considered an authority on llm-e bayan (the science of poetic discourse) and classical poetry, he was also a noted lexicographer. Faruqi’s book Ka’i Chaand the Sar-e Asmaan, written in 2006, has been hailed as a masterpiece of Urdu fiction. An English version of this book, called Mirror of Beauty, was published in 2013. He also translated his stories into English which are included in a book titled The Sun Rose from the Earth. He has also been credited with spearheading the revival of the Dastangoi style of storytelling in India. He was awarded the Saraswati Samman for his work She`r-e Shor-Angez, a study of the major eighteenth-century poet Meer Taqi Meer.
India
Details:
| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Id: | 5f85d650bd460 |
| Pages | 9 - 22 |
| Published | January 01, 2012 |
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