{"product_id":"urdu-readings-in-literary-urdu-prose-urdu","title":"Urdu : Readings in Literary Urdu Prose (URDU)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gopi Chand Narang\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Bi-Lingual\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selections have been carefully chosen to present a wide range of subjects and styles.  Folklore, excerpts from novels, short stories, literary and humorous essays anecdotes, letters, historical and biographical writings, as well as parliamentary debates and speeches have been included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn intermediate text comprising selection from literary Urdu prose and excerpts from speeches, arranged in order of increasing lexical and stylistic difficulty, this teaching aid provides for students having an elementary knowledge of Urdu a smooth transition to more advanced texts and gives them an appreciation of those features of the cultural tradition that have most enriched the Urdu language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe selections have been carefully chosen to present a wide range of subjects and styles.  Folklore, excerpts from novels, short stories, literary and humorous essays anecdotes, letters, and historical and biographical writings, as well as parliamentary debates and speeches have been included.  An additional list of contents, arranged chronologically, and a brief introduction preceding each selection enable the student to place the works in the proper historical and literary perspective.  A serial glossary of words and explanatory notes appear on pages facing the Urdu text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was the first Urdu reader published in the United States in ‘Nastaliq’ calligraphy, the form in which Urdu is most commonly printed.  The calligraphy was done at Delhi by one of the best exponents of this art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader was first published by the University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin and London in 1968, and was available later on microfiche.  During these years it has been widely used globally in places as far apart as U S A, Japan, Norway and Turkey.  In Indian it is being published for the first time by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language as a self-study material for students with an elementary knowledge of Urdu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProf. Gopi Chand Narang, a leading scholar of Urdu language and literature, presently is the Vice-President of Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, and the Vice-Chairman of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConventions Used in the Glossary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrdu Orthography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eSome Old Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eTrue Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003ePremchand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eGodan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eUmrao Jan Ada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eSir Sayyid Ahmad Khan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eFancy Fair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eMaulana Azad in Lok Sabha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eNam Dev Gardener\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eA Road a Quarter Mile Long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eCelibacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eCharpoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eJawahar Lal Nehru\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eMirza Ghalib\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eBagh-o-Bahar\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gopi Chand Narang \/ National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153696944496,"sku":"8806","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8806.jpg?v=1793912773","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/urdu-readings-in-literary-urdu-prose-urdu","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}