In Search Of Regional Theory Of Urdu Criticism

Abstract

Regarding Urdu criticism, this objection has been circulating a lot that the critics  have used only Western theories instead of paying attention to the creation of a local theory , due to which local literature could not be properly understood. This objection is not correct. With the beginning of criticism in Urdu, there has been a tendency to examine and theorize literature in the local cultural tradition. The services of a few critics will always be remembered in giving a regular theoretical orientation to literature. These few literary ideas will be highlighted in this article. They are no less great ideas in the Urdu Literary tradition.