Post-modernism in Pashto Ghazal a critical analysis

Abstract

Ghazal is the most popular genre of Pashto poetry. It has highlighted Pashtun nature and psyche with its social aspects. Ghazal is the genre which made the history of Pashtun literature through its different style and subjects. in the era of political and social crisis Ghazal has performed its fore most duty to express the emotional back ground of its people and bring the social and political change in the Pashtun society.in the historical journey of the ghazal in Pashto when we are talking the style and subjects of ghazal we surprise that Pashto ghazal has traveled in the critical situations and make a candle in the dark age of Pashtun history>now a days it is also lightening our social and cultural darkness. Today the poet has awareness of the situations of the society>He is aware of the down falloff the society and knows how to retrieve his nation and society from these types of unsuitable situations. This paper will discuss the the journey of the Pashto ghazal through post modernism and will try to bring the reality behind the crucial cultural and social down fall of the Pashtun society through examples of the poetry given from yesterday and Today.

Key words: Genre, Nature ,Psyche ,Social aspects, Different style and subject, Political and social crisis, Modernism and post modernism.