Highlight the contribution of Premchand in Hindi novel writing
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Highlight the contribution of Premchand in Hindi novel writing
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Feb '17
Munshi Premchand was one of the greatest literary figures of the modern Hindi and Urdu literature. It was with the writings of him that the Hindi novel matured into greatness.
He began writing in Urdu and then shifted to Hindi and remained an immensely influential writer in both languages. He drew on the traditional art of Kissa-goi (story telling).
Before Premchand, the Hindi literature was confined to the tales, the stories of magical power, fantasy, etc. His novel Sewasadan (The Abode of Service) published in 1916, first depicted the lives of ordinary people and social issues. Sewasadan dealt with the poor condition of women in society.
Premchand’s novels discussed the realistic issues like child marriage, dowry system, communalism, corruption, zamindari system, debt, poverty, colonialism, etc.
The modern Hindi and Urdu literature as we see today is the legacy of the efforts made by Munshi Premchand (one of the prominent literary personalities) in writing novels. Initially, he began writing novels in the Urdu language, but later he switched to the Hindi language and remained an influential figure in writing novels in both the languages. He carried on the classical performance of storytelling known as Kissa-goi.
Before, him the literature of Hindi language was restricted to the stories, fantasy, the tales of mysterious power etc. However, he brought about social issues and the lives of common people in his first novel (published in 1916) Sewasadan meaning The Abode of Service. Other works of Premchand include issues such as dowry system, child marriage, corruption, communal-ism, colonialism, Zamindari system, poverty and the poor condition of women in Indian society. He believed social realism was the final step for Hindi literature.