ECHOES OF ELIOT: A STYLISTIC INFLUENCE ON POST-SOVIET UZBEK LITERARY EXPRESSION

Аннотация

This paper explores the stylistic influence of Thomas Stearns Eliot’s poetry on post-Soviet Uzbek writers. It analyzes the adoption of Eliot’s poetic techniques, such as ambiguity, allusion, and internal monologue, within the works of selected Uzbek poets and novelists. The study uses comparative stylistic analysis to show that Eliot’s modernist techniques offered a model for Uzbek authors seeking new literary identities in the wake of Soviet censorship. The paper concludes that Eliot’s influence has inspired a stylistic departure from realism toward a more introspective and experimental Uzbek literature.