Abstract
C.M.Naim 's essays in the book Urdu Texts and Contexts are written
against the grain,offer fresh perspectives on diverse Urdu texts vital to the
cultural history of India,and on the equally diverse literary,social, and
performative contexts historically identified with the Urdu language in
South Asia and beyond..
Significantly ,several of these essays deal with texts that are usually
not considered a part of the Urdu literary canon e.g.,an autobiographical
fragement by a school mistress born in 1840,transvatic verses written by
men disguised as women,and anonymous jokes about Emporer Akbar and
his favourite jokester ,Birbal.
while some essays essays offer close readings of literary texts, most
explore the dialectic relationship between Urdu texts and their varying
cultural and political contexts e.g.,public performances,the state patronage
of literature,the nature of political propaganda,patriarchal Muslim society
in India, and so on.Text and Contexts is thus a method for exploring some
of the major themes of indian cultural history,specifically in relation to the
domains of the literary creation and reception.
عارفہ شہزاد. (2017) سی ایم نعیم کی تنقیدی معروضات, Bazyaft, Vol 30- 31, Issue 1.
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