TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN LYRICS: THE CASE OF ANBAR OTIN AND HALIMA XUDOYBERDIYEVA

Abstract

The article explores the historical development of Uzbek women’s poetry, focusing on the interrelationship between tradition and modernity. Particular attention is paid to the unique manifestations of traditional and modern features within lyric poetry. A comparative analysis is conducted of the works of Anbar Otin, an enlightened female poet of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Halima Xudoyberdiyeva, a prominent representative of the poetry of the second half of the twentieth century and the independence period. The study examines the representation of women in the poetry of these poetesses, as well as their reflections on women’s social activity and their role in society. The study incorporates into its analytical scope Anbar Otin’s poetic works composed in the rubāʿī and quatrain genres, alongside Halima Khudoyberdiyeva’s poems structured within the mukhammas and sarbast poetic systems.

Keywords

Uzbek poetry, tradition, modernity, continuity, female image, female psychology, artistic image, poetic thinking.