Literature as a great cultural artifact
outline
• What is culture
• Determinants of culture
a. Food
b. Dress
c. Literature
c.1 What is literature
c.1.1 Poetry
c.1.2 Prose
c.2 Why literature so important to culture
• Mirror of society
• Preseverve nation identity
• Tool of revolution
• Bring reforms in society
• A path of success for youth
• literatures represent cultures
• Pashto literature
• Balochi literature
• Punjabi literature
• Sindhi literature
 Urdu literature
 Dastaangoi (epics)
 Tazkiras
 Poetry
 Sonnets
 Novels
 Rahman Abbas
 Famous novels
 Short stories (afsanah nigari)
 Drama
 Literary movements
 Progressive Writers Movement
 Modernism
 Halqa e Arbab e Zauq
o Post-modernism
o Independent writers
 Theatre of the Absurd
Role of literature in present scenario
 Peace loving culture
 Islamic values
 Traditional cuisines sports and dresses
Impact of culture on society
Conclusion