Diasporic Urdu Novel: Basics and Legacy
1992-3678
Abstract
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;" lang="AR-SA">''</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Diaspora literature</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;" lang="AR-SA">''</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> is a term that came into use in Urdu some time ago but has been used in the world of literature for years. It is called “Adab-al-Mahjar” in Arabic and “Diaspora Literature/Immigrant Literature” in English. The reflection of the</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">circumstances that occurred after migration is called Immigrant literature. The category of Immigrant literature includes</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">that writers who left their homeland and settled in another country where they face clashes and sharing with other languages. Many Urdu writers settled in the West and promoted literature there. Most of them are living in European countries (Canada, Sweden, London, Norway, Germany, England, Sydney, Mauritius, Australia, New Zealand). Especially in the field of novel writing, the names of Dr. Ikram Barelvi, Har Charan Chawla, Jatindar Bilo, Dr. Khalid Sohail, Dr. Shakeela Rafique, Dr. Parvez Parwazi and others are included. Diaspora literature does not only</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">cover the concept of place but also includes patriotism, the pain of living in a foreign country, the intense feeling of loneliness, cultural clash, the search for identity and linguistic alienation, etc.</span></p>