CHRONOTOPIC STRUCTURES AND GENDER IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH AND UZBEK SPECULATIVE NARRATIVES: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY

Диана Комиловна Рузметова

doi:10.5281/zenodo.23938427

14.10.2026

English

CHRONOTOPIC STRUCTURES AND GENDER IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH AND UZBEK SPECULATIVE NARRATIVES: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY

Published

14.10.2026

Journal

Filologiyaning dolzarb masalalari

Issue

“Filologiyaning dolzarb masalalari” mavzusidagi respublika ilmiy-amaliy anjumani

Pages

1356-1359

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.23938427

Authors

Диана Комиловна Рузметова

Abstract

This article examines the representation of chronotope (space-time relations) and gendered identity in contemporary English and Uzbek speculative prose through a comparative literary framework. The study explores how writers from different cultural traditions construct fictional worlds in order to address moral, philosophical, and social concerns of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the interaction between national literary traditions, modern narrative strategies, and the transformation of female characters within changing historical contexts. The research applies comparative, hermeneutic, structural, and contextual methods to selected English and Uzbek literary texts. The findings demonstrate that English speculative prose frequently emphasizes dystopian temporality, fragmented memory, and individual alienation, whereas Uzbek prose more often combines futuristic imagination with ethical continuity, collective values, and mythopoetic memory. Female protagonists in both traditions increasingly function as active interpreters of reality rather than passive symbolic figures. The article argues that chronotope serves not merely as narrative background but as an instrument of ideological expression and identity formation. Comparative analysis reveals growing convergence between global literary tendencies and national artistic models.

Keywords

English literature Uzbek prose chronotope comparative poetics gender identity literary modernity. narrative space speculative literature

Other language versions

Oʻzbekcha

Maqolada qiyosiy adabiyotshunoslik yondashuvi asosida zamonaviy ingliz va o‘zbek fantastik nasrida xronotop (makon va zamon munosabatlari) hamda gender identikligining ifodalanishi tadqiq etiladi. Tadqiqotda turli madaniy an’analarga mansub yozuvchilarning XXI asr axloqiy, falsafiy va ijtimoiy muammolarini yoritish maqsadida badiiy voqelikni qanday yaratishi o‘rganiladi. Milliy adabiy an’analar, zamonaviy narrativ strategiyalar hamda o‘zgaruvchan tarixiy sharoitlarda ayol obrazlarining transformatsiyasi o‘rtasidagi o‘zaro aloqaga alohida e’tibor qaratiladi. Tadqiqotda tanlangan ingliz va o‘zbek adabiy matnlarini tahlil qilish uchun qiyosiy, germenevtik, strukturaviy va kontekstual metodlardan foydalaniladi. Natijalar shuni ko‘rsatadiki, ingliz fantastik nasrida ko‘pincha distopik zamon tasavvuri, parchalangan xotira va individual begonalashuv masalalari ustuvorlik qilsa, o‘zbek nasrida futuristik tasavvur axloqiy davomiylik, jamoaviy qadriyatlar va mifopoetik xotira bilan uyg‘unlashadi. Har ikki adabiy an’anada ayol qahramonlar tobora ko‘proq voqelikni passiv ramziy obraz sifatida emas, balki faol anglovchi va talqin etuvchi subyekt sifatida namoyon bo‘lmoqda. Maqolada xronotop shunchaki narrativ fon emas, balki mafkuraviy ifoda va identiklikni shakllantirish vositasi ekanligi asoslab beriladi. Qiyosiy tahlil global adabiy tendensiyalar va milliy badiiy modellar o‘rtasidagi yaqinlashuv kuchayib borayotganini ko‘rsatadi.

adabiy modernlik fantastik adabiyot gender identikligi ingliz adabiyoti narrativ makon o‘zbek nasri qiyosiy poetika xronotop

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