FROM TRADITION TO RENEWAL: INTERPRETATION OF THE QUATRAIN GENRE IN 20TH-CENTURY POETRY

Abstract

This article analyzes the traditional roots of the quatrain genre in 20th-century Uzbek poetry and the process of its artistic and aesthetic renewal. It examines how the formal and semantic features of the quatrain in classical literature—particularly its reliance on aphoristic thought, conciseness, and melodiousness—were preserved in 20th-century poetry and to what extent they were transformed in response to the demands of the time.

The article also explores the reasons why 20th-century poets turned to the quatrain genre and demonstrates, through examples, how this genre was used to express social life, human psychology, national identity, and modern modes of thinking. In addition, the study analyzes the expansion of thematic scope in quatrains, the renewal of the system of artistic imagery, the simplification of language and style, and the increasing use of symbolic expression.