Sensibility of Urdu Ghazal in 21st Century

Abstract

Ghazal is the most famous genre of literature in Urdu poetry that has maintained its existence and identity in all eras. In this research paper, the poetry collections and magazines published during the last twenty-three years have been discussed. This paper also deals with the general perception that the proliferation of themes in Urdu ghazal has harmed the traditions of Urdu ghazal. Writers from the sixties and seventies have a deep insight into the life of the ghazal and at the same time they have the classical values of the ghazal. In the modern era, the changing behavior of man at the social level is the important topic of this era. This research paper brings forward the trends of Urdu Ghazal in these years.

Keywords

• urdu gazal, 2ist century, modern trends