Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature

Fable 
(масал) - a short simple story, often told about animals, 
and always embodying a moral truth.
Fabliau 
(ф аб лио) - a sort of versified story popular in the 
Middle Ages, marked by wit, coarseness and brevity.
Fiction 
- (бадиий наср) a type o f literature drawn from

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the imagination of the author that tells about imaginary people 
and happenings. Novels and short stories are fiction.
Flashback 
- An interruption in a narrative to relate events 
that have happened earlier.
Folk Ballad 
- a story told or sung in verse, transmitted orally 
from generation to generation
Humanism 
(гуманизм, инсонпарварлик) 
- a disposi­
tion to treat other human beings with kindness, love and 
compassion. In the period o f Renaissance humanism became the 
new philosophy. It promoted the principles of equality o f men 
irrespective of their social origin, race and religion.
Humor 
(ю м ор) - a device used in literature and intended to 
improve slight imperfections. The object o f humor is a funny 
incident or an odd feature of human character, which we laugh at 
good-naturedly. It should not be confused with irony and satire, 
the latter being aimed at ridiculing grave vices, mostly from the 
sphere of social life.
M etaphysical Poetry 
- highly intellectual verse filled with 
complex and far-fetched metaphors. Metaphysical poets wrote 
both love lyrics and meditative poems that displayed their wit 
and learning.
Narrative Poetry 
(ҳикоя қилувчи шеърият) 
- poems 
that tell a story. The epic is an example o f a long narrative poem, 
and the folk ballad is a short narrative poem.
Naturalism