Social and class awareness in Yousuf Hassan’s Ghazal

یوسف حسن کی غزل میں طبقاتی اور سماجی شعور

Abstract

One of the striking and significant name of Ghazal poetry during the decade of seventies was Yousaf Hassan. He chose capitalistic mindset and social discrimination in Pakistani society as a permanent subject of his Ghazal. His poetry offers a critique of the materialization of social relations. He aims to posit mutual compassionate empathy and high humanistic values as the characteristic features of an individual. His poetic work Aye Dil Aye Darya comprises of remarkable verses which represent the perception about social as well as class discrimination. The striking feature of this representation is the portrayal of classical as well as traditional metaphors in a progressive context.