Abstract
Literary work created in a particular society is highly
influenced by the social facts of that society that’s why
norms, customs, values, ethics and other social and cultural
factors of a society are reflected in its literature. Therefore
literature is called the mirror of society. Same is the case of
Pashto poetry. In each and every period of Pashto poetry
we find social facts and thoughts related to social condition
of Pashtun society. Amir karor, considered to be the first
Pashto poet, has shown a real picture of society in his
poems. As such we can trace back the tradition of
sociological concepts to the very early period of Pashto
poetry. After this, during every period of Pashto poetry,
poets paid attention to the social conditions. In early period
we can find social thoughts in the poetry of Akbar
Zimedawari, Arzani, etc. In classical golden period almost
all the poets reflected the society. The poetry of Khushal
khankhattak is a great example in this regard. On the other
hand Rehman baba was although a ‘sufi, poet but in several
poems he also portrayed the living condition of common
people. This tradition is continued up till now in Pashto
poetry. Apart from this Pashto folk poetry is also co-related
with Pashtun society. These all facts have been discussed
and tradition and evolution of social thoughts in classical
Pashto poetry has been analyzed in this article
Khalil ur Rehman Khalil. (2017) The tradition of sociological thoughts in Pashto Poetry , Pashto, Volume 46, Issue 1.
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