http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).16
10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).16
Published : Mar 2023
Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand
The evolution of Marxist-Leninist trends in the poetry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is historically linked with post-October 1917 socialist realism, which was founded by Maxim Gorky (1890-1960). Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji (1898-1963) and Qalandar Mohamad (1930-2003) have translated progressive themes from Arabic, Persian, and Russian works of literature. This research explores the lives and works of these two progressive poets of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, with reference to the existence of socialist realism in their work as well as progressive trends in their poetry. The selected themes and contents discussed in this paper clearly reflect a deep relationship with contemporary issues of the Pakhtun people and the manifest purposefulness in their nature. Like Vladimir Mayakovski, and Gorky, the two Russian poets, Kakaji and Qalandar introduced and progressed socialist realism in the Pashtu literature. In this paper, an effort is made to highlight the progressivism and purposefulness' in the selected poetry of these two poets, along with the presentation of excerpts from their poetry with English translation.
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Anti-colonial, Marxism, Socialist realism, Progressive, Ghazal, Pashtu
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(1) Mohammad Ayaz
Lecturer/In-Charge Chairman, Department of Pakistan Studies, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Sikandar Hayat Afridi
Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Shakila Naz
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Government Girls Post-Graduate College, Kohat, KP, Pakistan
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APA : Ayaz, M., Afridi, S. H., & Naz, S. (2023). Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand. Global Sociological Review, VIII(I), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).16
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CHICAGO : Ayaz, Mohammad, Sikandar Hayat Afridi, and Shakila Naz. 2023. "Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand." Global Sociological Review, VIII (I): 176-185 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).16
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HARVARD : AYAZ, M., AFRIDI, S. H. & NAZ, S. 2023. Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand. Global Sociological Review, VIII, 176-185.
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MHRA : Ayaz, Mohammad, Sikandar Hayat Afridi, and Shakila Naz. 2023. "Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand." Global Sociological Review, VIII: 176-185
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MLA : Ayaz, Mohammad, Sikandar Hayat Afridi, and Shakila Naz. "Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand." Global Sociological Review, VIII.I (2023): 176-185 Print.
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OXFORD : Ayaz, Mohammad, Afridi, Sikandar Hayat, and Naz, Shakila (2023), "Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand", Global Sociological Review, VIII (I), 176-185
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TURABIAN : Ayaz, Mohammad, Sikandar Hayat Afridi, and Shakila Naz. "Exploring Socialist Realism in the Selected Poetry of Sanubar Hussain Mohmand Kakaji and Qalandar Mohmand." Global Sociological Review VIII, no. I (2023): 176-185. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).16