"EVA" BY ZULFIYA KUROLBOY KIZI: INVERSION OF THE SACRED AND THE POETICS OF "QUIET" MAGICAL REALISM IN CONTEMPORARY UZBEK PROSE
Keywords:
Zulfiya Kurolboy kizi , magical realism, Uzbek literature, poetics, myth, Eve archetype, female images, post-Soviet realism, chronotope , ontological instability.Abstract
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the story of the contemporary Uzbek writer Zulfiya Kurolboy kizi " Momo Khavo " (translated as "Eva") is examined through the lens of magical realism. The novelty of this study stems from the lack of scholarly work examining this work as a representative text of "quiet" (or " transcendental ") magical realism, which emerged at the intersection of post-Soviet trauma, gender issues, and the Eastern mythopoetic tradition.
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