MODERNIST APPROACH IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERATURE

Abstract

This study explores the elements of modernism in English and Uzbek literature, focusing on how writers transformed traditional literary forms, themes, and methods of expression during periods of social and cultural change. Modernism, as a literary movement, challenged conventional realism and encouraged writers to represent human consciousness, individual experience, and the complexity of modern life in new ways. In English literature, modernist writers experimented with fragmented structure, symbolism, stream of consciousness, and non-linear narration. In Uzbek literature, similar tendencies appeared through the renewal of prose forms, deeper psychological description, and greater attention to individual identity and social change. The study highlights several important features shared by both traditions, including experimentation with language, symbolism, subjective experience, and the rejection of fixed literary conventions. It also shows that Uzbek modernism developed through the interaction of national cultural traditions, historical memory, and broader modernist influences.