Lahore University of Management Sciences B.Sc. Honours Spring.2012

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1 Lahore University of Management Sciences B.Sc. Honours Spring.2012 LITR150 Introduction to Urdu Literature Course Instructor.Yasmeen Hameed Course Design...Yasmeen Hameed Duration of Course. 14 weeks Number of Sessions. 28 Class Time 110 minutes Office.Room 236, Old SS Wing Course Description and Objectives The course presents an introduction to various disciplines of Urdu Literature beginning with the development and growth of the language itself. It begins with an overview of the political and social history of the subcontinent as it influenced the making of a new language and the birth of its literature in the Deccan, moving towards the north and taking root in the provinces of Delhi and Avadh. Students will study the various genres as they emerged and developed through the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with greater emphasis on fiction and poetry. Works of prominent writers would be used as a medium to understand the structure, components and content of these genres. The course would focus on: developing an appreciation of the creative richness of the language creating an awareness about the literary heritage of this region creating an awareness about traditional and modern trends in writing helping students discover their own potential and interest in the subject Prerequisite : Convenience in reading Urdu

2 Grading and Attendance Policy Attendance: 5% Class Participation: 6% Quizzes: 12% ** Response Papers 12 % *** Group Presentation: 15% Mid-Term Exam: 25% Final Exam: 25% There will be two announced quizzes before the mid-term. ** Response papers will be given in the post mid-term sessions based on the assigned reading. *** Group Presentations will be organized according to the number of students in the class. Topics will be finalized before the midterm exam. Students will select their topic for research and have it approved by the instructor. Students will have the option to take the mid-term and final exam in English. Course Outline 1 Development and growth of the language from the 11 th to the early 18 th century as linked with political and social changes in the region. An introduction to Baba Farid, Amir Khusrau, Baba Nanak, Muhammad Afzal and Dakkani poet-kings. Essential David J Mathews, Christopher Shackle, Shahrukh Husain: Urdu Literature (English), Islamabad, Alhamra Publishing 2003 (Reading Package) Extended reading (optional): Tabassum Kashmiri: Urdu Adab kī Tārīkh (Urdu): Lahore, Sang-e-meel Publications 2003 Jamil Jalibi: Tārīkh-e-Adab-e Urdu (Urdu) Lahore, Majlis-e Taraqqi-e Adab 1987 Aitzaz Ahsan: The Indus Saga and The Making of Pakistan (English), Lahore, Nehr Ghar Publications 2001 Muzaffar Ghaffar: Unity in Diversity, (English), Lahore Ferozesons, 2005 Ian Barnes and Robert Hudson: Historical Atlas of Asia, USA, Macmillan 1998

3 2/3 An overview of the history of Urdu Literature through the 18 th, 19 th & 20 th centuries. The Dehlavī and Lakhnavī schools Important movements and the emergence of new trends Mohammad Khalid Naeem: Tārīkh Zabān-o-adab-e Urdu..Advār tahrīkāt, mauzūʿāt, Lahore, Abdullah Brothers (undated) Following essays: 1 Aligarh tehrīk 2 Taraqqī pasand tehrīk (Reading Package) 4/5/6 General introduction to the genres of Urdu poetry, essential components of poetry Ghazal: structure and essence A study of ghazal from the classical to the contemporary period 7/8/9 Ghazals : Mir Taqi Mir, Mushafi, Insha, Atish, Zafar,Ghalib, Momin, Dagh, Ameer Minai, Hali, Yagana, Hasrat Mohani, Iqbal, Sufi Tabassum, Shakeb Jalali, Firaq, Ibn-e-Insha, Faiz, Nasir Kazmi, Saleem Ahmed, Ahmed Mushtaq, Munir Niazi, Ahmed Faraz, Zehra Nigah, Iftikhar Arif, Perveen Shakir, Abbas Tabish, Saud Usmani (Reading Package) The nazm: categorization based on form: paband nazm, nazm-e-muarra, azad nazm and nasri nazm. Structure, elements and development of the new genres 10 Paband nazm: Nazir Akbarabadi, Muhammad Husain Azad, Hali, Iqbal, Faiz, Josh, Majaz, Majeed Amjad, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Nazm-e-muarra: Yusuf Zafar, Zia Jalundhari Azad nazm: Tasadduq Husain Khalid, Noon Meem Rashid, Meeraji,Akhtar Husain Jafri, Munir Niazi, Fahmida Riaz, Waheed Ahmed, Haris Khalique Nasri nazm: Asad Mohammad Khan, Javed Shaheen, Kishwar Naheed, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Izhar-ul- Haque, Nasreen Anjum Bhatti, Tanveer Anjum, Azra Abbas, Abrar Ahmed, Zeeshan Sahil (Reading Package) Masnavī as a form of nazm 11 Masnavi: Mir Hasan, Iqbal (Reading Package) Musaddas as a form of nazm Musaddas: Hali, Iqbal (Reading Package)

4 12 Thematic categorization of nazm: Qasīdā 13 Qasida: Sauda, Ghalib (Reading Package) Thematic categorization of nazm: Marsiā 14 Marsiya: Mir Anis, Mustafa Zaidi (Reading Package) Other genres based on form and theme: Qatʿā, Rubāʿi, Salāsī and Haiku Hamd, N at, Salām and Mankabat 15 Section 14 of the Reading Package MID TERM EXAM 16 Genres of prose: Introduction Early Prose: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Transition from Dāstān to modern fiction 17 Mir Amman: Khwājā Sagparast kī Kahānī Mirza Ghalib kē Khutūt.. 2 letters Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: Khushāmad Nazir Ahmed: Excerpt from Tauba-tun-nusū (Reading Package) Early short fiction: Raashid-ul-Khairi and Munshi Prem Chand Raashid-ul-Khairi: Qasīm kī Sangdilī Munshi Prem Chand: Kafan, Eidgāh, Barē Ghar kī Bētī

5 18 Study of Angārē in the context of the Progressive Writers Movement Five short stories from the collection Angārē Sajjad Zaheer, Ahmad Ali and Rashid Jahan (Reading Package) 19 Krishna Chandra, Rajindra Singh Bedi, Ismet Chughtai and Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi 20 Krishna Chandra: Kālū Bhangī Rajindra Singh Bedi: Garm Kot Ismet Chughtai: Nannī kī Nānī Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi: Lawrence of Thalēbiā Saadat Hasan Manto, Ghulam Abbas and Mumtaz Mufti 21 Saadat Hasan Manto: Nayā Qānūn Ghulam Abbas: Ᾱnandī Mumtaz Mufti: Ᾱpā Fiction based on the theme of Partition 22 Rajindra Singh Bedi: Lājwantī Saadat Hasan Manto: Tobā Tēk Singh Khadija Mastoor: Mēn nūn lai challē Bābulā Qurrat-al-ain Haider, Ashfaque Ahmad and Bano Qudsia 23 Qurat-ul-ain Haider: Dālanwāla Ashfaque Ahmed: Gaḍariā Bano Qudsia: Dasht-e imkān The New Short Story: Intezar Husain, Anwar Sajjad, Khalida Husain and Asad Muhammad Khan Intezar Husain: Ᾱkhī Ᾱdmī

6 Anwar Sajjad: Cinderella Khalida Husain: Mēn yahāṅ hūṅ Asad Muhammad Khan: Tirlochan 24 Humour Writing 25 Excerpts from Patras Bukhari, Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi and Col.Muhammad Khan, Poetry: Akbar Alahabadi and Zameer Jaffery Literary Criticism and its significance 26 Urdu poetry and prose in translation. A critical study of translated works. 27/28 Material to be provided before the session PRESENTATIONS: Students will present their research and group work on any one poet or fiction writer. FINAL EXAM Classroom management policy: Cell phones to be switched off and kept in the bags. Students walking out of the classroom in the middle of the session to be marked absent. Classroom door to be closed five minutes after the session begins.