تلخیص
Waris Alvi is a prominent critic of fiction in Urdu. Beside it, he has parted a major
role to build the theory based upon pure literary standards against the inflexible
critical system of Tarraqi Pasand critics. Waris Alvi has played a significant role in
Urdu criticism but he has not appreciated as much. It is necessary to study his
thoughts as a whole and present it for the guidance of Urdu critics as well Urdu
fiction writers. In this article, a discussion has been opened after analyzing briefly the
style of this prominent Urdu critic and it willopen a window for the Urdu criticism
and studies of fiction.