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سید ضمیر جعفری اور ان كا نثری سرمایہ

  • Abeera Shahid/
  • Rehana Kausar/
  • June 26, 2023
SYED ZAMEER JAFRI AND HIS URDU PROSE
Keywords
Syed Zameer Jafri, Urdu prose, Humorous Urdu prose, Urdu diaries, Urdu sketches
Abstract

Syed Zameer Jafri’s fame is primarily because of his Urdu poetry, in fact, humorous poetry. However, he is also a good prose writer, and many of his works achieved fame. These publications comprise a novelette, columns, travelogures, sketch writing, and diaries. His sketches are of outstanding literary value, which have veraeity, audacity and a realistic sketching. His novelette talks about the dual natures of human characters and the artificialities of behavious and actions. He has written columns of international journalistic standards. The central part of his prosaic legacy is his personality diaries, which are expanded to a period of 50 years. These diaries comprise his recollections, social and political matters of his time, and Zameer’s relationships with his contemporaries; a diverse range of topics. In this article, Zameer Jafri’s prose works and the relevant points about his content and writing skills are discussed.

References

حوالے

۱۔          مسرت زیدی، ضمیر جعفر کی نثرنگاری، (فیصل آباد: غیرمطبوعہ تحقیقی مقالہ برائے ایم اے اُردو، گورنمنٹ کالج برائے خواتین مدینہ ٹاؤن، ۱۹۹۰ء)،۲۔

۲۔         مصاحبہ سید ضمیر جعفری، مورخہ ۲۸ دسمبر ۱۹۹۷ء، لاہور۔

۳۔         عرفان اللہ خٹک، سید ضمیر جعفری: شخصیت اور فن، (اسلام آباد:  اکادمی ادبیات پاکستان، ۲۰۱۷ء)،۴۴۔

۴۔         ایضاً، ۴۵۔

۵۔         صائمہ رشید، ضمیر جعفری بطور نثر نگاری، (لاہور: شعبہ اُردو ،گورنمنٹ کالج، ۲۰۰۰ء)، ۴۷

۶۔         عرفان اللہ خٹک، سید ضمیر جعفری: شخصیت اور فن، ۴۷۔

۷۔         صائمہ رشید، ضمیر جعفری، بطور نثرنگار، ۱۵۷۔

۸۔         عالم خان، سید ضمیر جعفری؛ ایک ہمہ جہت شخصیت، نورِ تحقیق، جلد ۳، شمارہ: ۱۱، (لاہور: شعبۂ اُردو، لاہور گیریژن یونیورسٹی)،۳۔

(۹)        ماہ نامہ،چہار سو، سید ضمیر جعفری نمبر، (راول پنڈی، ۱۹۹۶ء)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

-           Musarrat Zaidi, Ẓamīr Jafrī ki Nasar Nigārī, (Faisalabad: MA Urdu Thesis, Govt College for Women, Madina Tower, 1990)

-           Irfan-Ullah Khatak, Syed Ẓamīr Jafrī: Shakhṣiyyat Aur Fun, (Islamabad: Islamabad: Acadmey adabiyat Pakistan, 2017).

-           Saima Rasheed, Ẓamīr Jafrī: Btor Naṣr Nigār, (Lahore: Urdu department, Government College, 2000)

-           Alam Khan, Syed Ẓamīr Jafrī:Aik Hamah Jehat Shakhsiyat, Nūr-i Taḥqīq, Vol.3, No. 11, (Lahore: Urdu Department, Garison University).

-                      Monthly, Chaḥār Sū, Syed Zameer Jafri Number, (Rawalpindi, 1996)

-           Interview, Syed Zamir Jafri, dated, 28 December, 1997, Lahore

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Author(s):

Abeera Shahid

PhD Scholar (Urdu)

Department of Urdu Language and Literature, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore

Pakistan

  • abeerashahid@gmail.com

Rehana Kausar

Chairperson Department of Urdu

Lahore College for Women University, Lahore

Pakistan

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Type: Article
Volume: 98
Issue: 2
Language: Urdu
Id: 64995f2e3cd22
Pages 115 - 124
Published June 26, 2023

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