Novel and Its Narration

Abstract
Creative and appropriate use of language is the basic tool of expression in a literary writing. The use of language not only manifests the contemporary features of a language but also its different shades as it is used in poetry and prose and fiction non-fiction genres. Moreover, it shows the uniqueness of a writer among his contemporaries. In novel narration and dialogues are two different areas where language is used in different ways. Narration shows the language of writer whereas the dialogues show the language used by characters. When novel introduced in Urdu as a literary genre, use of powerful narration has been one of its main features. Initially, novels of Nazir Ahmed were praised due to its narration and appropriate use of language and this tradition continues in later novels. However, the situation in criticism of novel is different. In the books written in Urdu on art of novel, the discussion on the use of language in fiction is mostly given less importance as compared to other features included in art of novel. After partition to contemporary era, novelists have presented a variety and creativity in narration as well as in dialogues by introducing flavor of other local languages in Urdu. The article discusses the importance and implications of use of language in narration and dialogues in a novel.

Dr Abid Hussain Sial, Iffat Fatima. (2020) ناول اور اسکی زبان, DARYAFT, Volume 23, Issue 23.
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