| Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو | |
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| Urdu literature | |
| By category Urdu language | |
| Major figures | |
| Amir Khusrau (father of Urdu literature) - Wali Dakhani (father of Urdu poetry) - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq (Baba-e-Urdu) | |
| Urdu writers | |
| Writers – Novelists – Poets | |
| Forms | |
| Ghazal – Fiction | |
| Institutions | |
| Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu Urdu movement Literary Prizes | |
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The Urdu ghazal is a literary form of the ghazal-poetry unique to the Indian subcontinent, written in the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language.[1] It is commonly asserted that the ghazal spread to South Asia from the influence of Sufi mystics in the Delhi Sultanate.[2]
A ghazal is composed of ashaar, which are similar to couplets, that rhyme in a pattern of AA BA CA DA EA (and so on), with each individual she'r (couplet) typically presenting a complete idea not necessarily related to the rest of the poem.[3] They are often described as being individual pearls that make up a united necklace.
Classically, the ghazal inhabits the consciousness of a passionate, desperate lover, wherein deeper reflections of life are found in the audience's awareness of what some commentators and historians call "The Ghazal Universe", which can be described as a store of characters, settings, and other tropes the genre employs to create meaning.[4]
- ^ "Zindgi Shayari". 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "A Short History of the Ghazal". www.ghazalpage.net. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Appreciating Urdu Poetry". Hersh Bhasin. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Lyric Poetry in Urdu: the Ghazal, by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Frances W. Pritchett". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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