Abdulla Qodiriy (1894-1938)

Novel

• A long narrative work of fiction
• Often in prose
•  tells a story about specific human experiences over a considerable length

Abdulla Qodiriy

(1894-1938)

Key facts

• the founder of Uzbek National proses
• a journalist, a linguist and a translator
• was born in 1894, April 10 in Tashkent
• studied at muslim school (1904-1906)
• Russian “tuzem” school (1908-1912)
• In 1916-1917 he was educated at madrasah of Abulqosim Shayx.

Key Facts

• as a secretary of businessmen
• founded the journal “Mushtum”.
• the course of literature in Moscow
• published more than 300 articles in newspapers.
• was prisoned in 1937
• was killed with together Cho’lpon, Fitrat in October 4, 1938

Key facts

• poems “Ahvolimiz”, “To’y”, “Millatimga”, “Fikr aylagil”, stories “Juvonboz”, “Uloqda”, “Jinlar bazmi”, and his drama “Baxtsiz kuyov”
• “O’tgan kunlar” in 1919-1920, which is considered to be the first novel in Uzbek literature.
• his great second novel “Mehrobdan chayon”
•  translated the works of the scientist of tatar physics Abdulla Shinosiy’s “Fizika”, N.V. Gogol’s “Uylanish” ,A.P. Chexov’s “Olchazor” into Uzbek. 
• The great attention and stress is given to the nation’s of independence and free ideas.

The Days Gone By

• first novel written by a Jadid writer in Uzbek language.
• Set on the eve of the Tsarist Russia`s invasion of Tashkent (19th cent )
• An attempt to reform Central Asian society
• The national novel of Uzbekistan

“Bygone Days” is a novel about the past to describe present as a warning to the future

— Mark Reese

American scholar Mark Reese dedicated 15 years to translate Abdulla Kadiri’s novel “Bygone Days” into English.

The novel presents -- reform and resistance as the only hope to save the soul of a people --a kingdom lost to corruption and intrigue --crisis of faith and identity --traditions destroying the love.

Colourful Characterization: The author pays attention to dark colours a lot, when describing animals, appearance of characters, nature…(dark clouds, black horse, black days, dark cold sun,dark skin…)

To emphasize on Dark pages of history