Faiz Ahmed Faiz – The Relevance of his Poetry Today (Urdu)
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz is a great national personality. His cultural contribution is diverse, pragmatic and intellectual. Every great literary personality raises challenges to literary belief and tradition. Faiz’s poetry brings up such challenges as well. Critics in every generation have discussed his poetry and no doubt this analysis will continue into future generations. Faiz’s poetry is unique in terms of its high technical and nostalgic nature. The presentation will assess the poetry of Faiz and emphasise its relevance today. It also refers and renders from authentic intellectual sources such as Karl Marx, Hafiz, Edward Said, Elliot and Ezra Pound. It dwells on the words of Faiz, ‘I believe that humanity has never accepted defeat against its enemies and will be victorious in the end. And war, hate, oppression and prejudice shall one day be replaced by what Hafiz, the great Persian poet, proclaimed love as the ultimate and immaculate basis of human relationships.’
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