Abstract
In the Indo-Pak Subcontinent, the second half of 19th centaury was an era of
revolutionary changes as long as its educational, civilizational, and literary
history was concerned. In this era the best books of Urdu criticismAab-e-Hayat,
Muqadimah Sher-o-Shairi, Kaashif al Haqaiq and Sher ul Ajamwere written. In
this paper, Imdad Imam Asar's Kaashif al Haqaiq has been studied in the context
of books that were brought out before this. The researcher argues that Kaashif al
Haqaiq received influences from Aab-e-Hayat and Muqadimah Sher-o-Shairi,
and in some ways its author's point of view is also different from those of Azad's
and Hali's.
The second part of this paper deals with an important issue of classical Urdu
poetics, i.e., masculine gender marking for the beloved in verse, as it emerges
out of Kaashif al Haqaiq. The researcher shows that masculine gender marking
has been justified in Kaashif al Haqaiq in two ways: 1) through linguistic
structure and 2) in the backdrop of the civilizational values. This research shows
that the debate on the use of masculine gender marking has been carried out in a
detailed manner in Kaashif al Haqaiq.
Dr. Aziz Ibnul Hasan. (2018) Kaashif al Haqaiq: Historical Perspective and Masculine gender Marking, Mayar , Volume 19-20 , Issue 1 .
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