اردو ادبی تبصرہ نگاری کا سرخیل: مولانا الطاف حسین حالی

Abstract

The study aims at presenting Molana Altaf Hussain Hali at first literary review writer of the Urdu literature.The research deals with the questions how Hali provided the base of review writting and his own role and place as a literary reviewer. Hali inspired the next generations of Urdu critics and writers through his review writings.He enlarged the canvas of review writing by differentiating between review and literary criticism. Hali describes that a book review a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely deseribed or analyzed based on content, style and merit. He is the very first man in Urdu literature who defined the role and function of a literary reviewer, it's artistic merit and duty of a reviewer. The readers can use to find subject and object approach in his review writing. In a nut shell, we can say that Hali can be considered as a leading figure of Urdu literary review writing and his literary impacts are till imprinted on the literary reviewrs of current era.