Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Existential And Nihilistic Perspectives In N.M Rashid’s Poetry
Rao Muhammad Umar , Dr. Muhammad Saeed , Dr. Syeda Misbah Rizvi
Abstract
N.M Rashid is a famous Pakistani modern Urdu poet. He depicts many Modern themes and perspectives. He depicts numerous Existential and nihilistic themes and approaches in his poems. He is a man of question and doubt. Due to his skeptical nature, he tries to reanalyze the objective conditions, the set of principles and the sources of morality and knowledge. He assumes that these are all absurd and meaningless. on the note of absurdity, Rashid shares deep pessimistic notions. At this point, sometimes he acts as an existentialist who believes in giving meaning to this absurd life by using his power of freedom of choice, while sometimes he conducts as a nihilist who solely and furiously negates all the meanings of life and believes that it cannot ever be given any meaning.
Pages: 6566-6573
Keywords: N.M Rashid, Pakistani Urdu Poetry, Modern, Existentialism, Nihilism, Existential crises, Absurdity, Alienation, Freedom of choice, dreams, Wishes, Skeptical, Ethical and moral Nihilism, Epistemological Nihilistic perspectives