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Russian or Soviet Characters in Uzbek Novels |
Dr. Ahmet AŠIR
Abstract: In Uzbek novels, Russian or Soviet characters have generally been created not just for literary purposes, but they have been employed as means for some social or political aims. One of the important roles that these characters have undertaken was the intention to create an ideal Uzbek identity. They have been presented to the Uzbek in order to be emulated for a better future nation as the representatives of either an ideal civilization or an idealized ideology (for example Communism). In some other cases, they have been created to provide an opportunity to be able to reread the history of a colonized nation and to unearth the destructive sides of these characters or ideologies hitherto imposed on Uzbek nation. Key words: Uzbek novel, characters, tradition, traditionalism, Modernity, colonialism, Orientalism.
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