THE ROLE OF URDU LITERATURE IN SHAPING SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE
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Through its influence on historical records and societal ethics and cultural heritage South Asian culture finds its development thanks to Urdu literature. This study analyzes cultural development through qualitative research methods which focus on textual and discourse analysis of Urdu literary works. This interpretive analysis examines the concealed textual messages in classical and modern Urdu literature by studying repeated cultural and social elements like nationalism together with migration as well as gender interactions and resistance. The study analyzes both primary and secondary sources comprising historical records together with major works by Urdu authors Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Saadat Hasan Manto and Ismat Chughtai to understand the development of Urdu literature from Mughal times up to the current era.The study uses postcolonial theory combined with hermeneutics and discourse analysis to examine political power and cultural communication in Urdu works. Postcolonial theory explains the literary response to colonialism by the Progressive Writers' Movement from an Urdu literature perspective along with their nationalist and identity issues. The process of hermeneutics helps readers uncover hidden textual meanings and discourse analysis reveals the representation of gender and class along with nationalist elements in Urdu literary texts. The research depends on three types of validation methods including literary critiques along with historical records and academic discussions. This study evaluates Urdu literature as a cultural force to demonstrate its construction of South Asian identity and socio-political consciousness. Literary and cultural research gains valuable insight because this study demonstrates how Urdu literature continues shaping both historical and modern South Asian discourse.
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