A number of Urdu genres have declined in the subcontinent but the decline of every genre was not a natural process. Regardless of other Urdu genres, the decline of “Dastan” was influenced more by external elements rather than internal causes. These external factors include the political decline of Muslims, fascination of their writers about the West, and their intimidated view of their values, literature, and even religion through the eyes of the West. The most important role in the decline of Urdu Dastan was played by this feeling of inferiority. If the writer of a language becomes intimidated about any genre of indigenous literature, it leads to the closure of the door of creativity and invention of that genre in every possible method. However, the result of this lack of awareness was that the genre of storytelling has declined in the subcontinent. As a result of deprivation, we have lost the vocabulary, the world of idea and inspiration, and the treasure of storytelling that is our cultural, educational and creative need at the moment.

داستان: عروج و زوال کا تہذیبی تناظر

حواشی

(۱)          اردو لغت (تاریخ کے اصول پر)، جلد دوازدہم، (کراچی: اردو لغت بورڈ، ۱۹۹۱ء) کراچی، ص۔۹۹۱

(۲)          کلیم الدین احمد، اردوزبان اور فنِ داستان گوئی، (لکھنؤ: ادارۂ فروغِ اردو، ۱۹۷۲ء)، ص ۳۹

(۳)         ڈاکٹر سہیل بخاری، اردو داستان: تحقیقی و تنقیدی مطالعہ، (اسلام آباد: مقتدرہ قومی زبان، ۱۹۸۷ء)، ص ۵۱۵

(۴)         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter#Commercial_success

مآخذ

(۱)           احمد، کلیم الدین، اردوزبان اور فنِ داستان گوئی، (لکھنؤ: ادارۂ فروغِ اردو، ۱۹۷۲ء)، ص ۳۹

(۲)         بخاری، سہیل، ڈاکٹر، اردو داستان: تحقیقی و تنقیدی مطالعہ، (اسلام آباد: مقتدرہ قومی زبان، ۱۹۸۷ء)، ص ۵۱۵

لغت

(۱)          اردو لغت (تاریخ کے اصول پر)، جلد دوازدہم، (کراچی: اردو لغت بورڈ، ۱۹۹۱ء) کراچی۔

ویب گاہ

(۱)          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter#Commercial_success