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GLOSSARY 
Commentaries on essential literary terms 
Allegory (allegoriya) 
- description of one thing under the name of another, the veiled 
presentation of the meaning metaphorically implied. 
Allusion
- a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. 
Angry Young Men ( jaxldor yoshlar)
- a trend in English literature which appeared in the 50s 
of the 20th century as a result of a disillusionment in post-war reality. 
Antagonist -
A person or force that opposes the protagonist in a story or drama. 
Aphorism (aforizm, xikmatli sez) - 
A short statement expressing a wise or clever observation 
about life.
Bard (bard, baxshi)
- a professional singer and poet among ancient Celts, whose occupation 
was to compose and sing verses in honour of heroes and their deeds. 
Blank Verse (or she’r
)- Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Blank verse attempts 
to sound like spoken English, so every line need not be perfectly regular. 
Canto (reshir)
- one of the main divisions of a long poem. 
Classicism (klassisizm, mumtoziylik)
- a movement in art and literature which arose in the 
17th century in France. It revived the principles of antique Greek and Roman literature and art.
Classicists cultivated in their works formal elegance, observance of balance, control of emotions. 
Their works were marked by strict regulation of genre and styles. 
Comedy (komediya)
- a play of amusing character, in which either wit or good humour 
prevails, usually with a happy end. 
Didactic (didaktik, pand-nasiat beruvchi, tarbiyaviy) 
- moralizing or instructive 
characteristic of literature.