Neo Historicism and Urdu Novel: In Context of Fall of Dhaka

نوتاریخیت اوراُردوناول: سقوطِ ڈھاکہ کے تناظر میں

Authors

  • Komal shahzadi PhD scholar, GC. Women University Sialkot Author
  • Dr. Sabina Awais Awan Associate Professor, GC. Women University Sialkot Author

Keywords:

New Historicism, Urdu Novel, Fall of Dhaka, East Pakistan, Mukhota, Adha Pakistan, Main ny Dhaka Dobtay Daikga, Matti Adam Khati hy, Khas o Khashak Zamanay., Rakh

Abstract

Neo historicism is a literary term coined by Stephen Greenblatt in the United States in the 1980s. He is of the view that along with literary text, non-literary text is also of equal importance to understand the functioning power and sociopolitical dynamics of the society. Moreover, critics of neo-historicism say that history is based on prejudices, while fiction has some truth to it. In the context of neo historicism, in this research article, it is tried to explore the tragedy of Fall of Dhaka through the lens of literary text of Urdu Novels: Khas o Khashak Zamanay, Raakh, Matti Adam Khati hay and Makhota. Each author has described this tragedy in one’s own way in the form of literary texts, so that the emotions and feelings of the people and its real facts become very clear to the reader.

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References

Mustanser Hussain Tarar, Khas o Khashak Zamanay, Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, 2010, P.388

Ibid., P. 401

Ibid., P. 416

Mustanser Hussain Tarar, Rakh, Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore, 2012, P.579

Ibid., P.486

Sadeeq Salik, Main nay Dhaka Dobtay Daikha, Malik Son’s, Lahore ,2001, P.34

Muhammad Hameed Shahid, Matti Adam Khati Hay, Academy Bazyaft, Karachi, 2007, P.15

Ibid., P.85-86

Toseef Ahmad Khan, Adha Pakistan, Nigarshat Publishers, Lahore, 2004, P.78

Najeeba Arif, Dr., Mukhota, Aks Publications, Lahore, 2003, P.73

Redclift, Subjectivity and Citizenship: Intersections of Space, Ethnicity and Identity Among the Urdu Speaking Minority in Bangladesh, Journal of International Migration and Integration, V:25(12), 2010, P.25

Shahid Rizwi, Dr., Samahi Az Zubair, Shumara, 4,2007, P. Ibtedaya

Najeeba Arif, Dr., Mukhota, P.74

Naseem Iqbal Nasir, Bhutto Aik Philosopher, Fiction House, Lahore, 2003, P.96

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Published

30-12-2025

How to Cite

Komal shahzadi, and Dr. Sabina Awais Awan. “Neo Historicism and Urdu Novel: In Context of Fall of Dhaka: نوتاریخیت اوراُردوناول: سقوطِ ڈھاکہ کے تناظر میں”. Tashkeel, vol. 3, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 132-9, https://tashkeel.uoj.edu.pk/index.php/tashkeel/article/view/52.