A Critical Survey of the
Development of the Urdu Novel
and Short Story
by Shaista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardy
(Begum Ikramullah)
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1945
Development of the Urdu Novel
and Short Story
by Shaista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardy
(Begum Ikramullah)
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1945
*I. A
Short
Historical Survey of the Novel == 1*
*II. Conditions that Led to the Birth of the Novel in Urdu == 12*
*III. The Foundation of Romance == 23*
(i.) First
appearance
of the novel
(ii.) Development
of
the novel
(iii.) The structure of the novel
(iii.) The structure of the novel
*II. Conditions that Led to the Birth of the Novel in Urdu == 12*
(i.) Contact with
the
West
(ii.) The development of Prose at Fort William College, Calcutta
(ii.) The development of Prose at Fort William College, Calcutta
*III. The Foundation of Romance == 23*
(i.) Verse
Romances
(ii.) Prose Romances
(iii.) "Fasana e 'Ajaib"
(ii.) Prose Romances
(iii.) "Fasana e 'Ajaib"
PART TWO
*IV.
"Fasana e
Azad" (Sarshar, 1846-1902) == 31*
*V. Nazir Ahmad (1836-1912) == 41*
*VI. Sharar (1860-1926) == 66*
*VII. The Imitators of Sarshar, Nazir Ahmad, and Sharar == 90*
*VIII. Rashid ul-Khairi (1870-1936) == 105*
*IX. Women Novelists == 123*
*X. The Modern Novel == 166*
*V. Nazir Ahmad (1836-1912) == 41*
*VI. Sharar (1860-1926) == 66*
*VII. The Imitators of Sarshar, Nazir Ahmad, and Sharar == 90*
*VIII. Rashid ul-Khairi (1870-1936) == 105*
*IX. Women Novelists == 123*
*X. The Modern Novel == 166*
PART THREE
*XI. The
Short-story, its Definition and its Appearance in European Literatures
== 203*
*XII. Beginnings of the Short-Story in Urdu Literature with the Sketches in "Avadh Panc" == 206*
*XIII. Development of the Short-story in Urdu from 1900-1925 == 211*
*XIV. Women Short-Story Writers == 233*
*XV. Prem Cand and His Imitators == 242*
*XVI. The Modern Short-story Writers == 265*
*XVII. Humorous Writers == 291*
*XVIII. The Future of the Short-story and the Novel Compared == 303*
*XII. Beginnings of the Short-Story in Urdu Literature with the Sketches in "Avadh Panc" == 206*
*XIII. Development of the Short-story in Urdu from 1900-1925 == 211*
*XIV. Women Short-Story Writers == 233*
*XV. Prem Cand and His Imitators == 242*
*XVI. The Modern Short-story Writers == 265*
(i.) Writers with
socialist tendencies
(ii.) The other modern writers
(iii.) Hijab Isma'il
(ii.) The other modern writers
(iii.) Hijab Isma'il
*XVII. Humorous Writers == 291*
*XVIII. The Future of the Short-story and the Novel Compared == 303*
