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The ode “Inson” and analysis of “Ruhlar isyoni”

Lessons 44–45 · 2 lessons · B. To‘xliyev, B. Karimov, K. Usmonova. Literature: textbook-collection for Grade 11 of secondary schools and for students of secondary specialised and vocational institutions, Parts 1–2. 1st edition. “O‘zbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi” State Scientific Publishing House, Tashkent, 2018
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About the dastan “Ruhlar isyoni”

Textbook: Part 2, pp. 76–79
GoalRead the textbook analysis of “Ruhlar isyoni” and discuss its historical basis, reasons for writing and ideas.
New words
colonialism · mustamlakachilikhistorical basis · tarixiy asosanalysis of idea and art · g‘oyaviy-badiiy tahlilsymbol · ramz
Explanation

According to the textbook, the epic is devoted to the heroic and tragic fate of Nazrul Islam, and through his bitter lot the poet expressed his own pain, because at that time Uzbekistan too was part of the former Union, the people did not hold their freedom in their own hands, freedom of speech was restricted, and national values and enlighteners had suffered repression. In the “Song of Revolt” Nazrul Islam calls the Indian people to awaken against age-old bondage, but the crowd does not understand him and this helps the colonisers; the poet is deprived of freedom. In the third chapter his address to his mother reveals human feelings convincingly, and the poet, without despairing, believes his land will become free. In the last chapter the dream is fulfilled, but the suffering in captivity robs him of these days. The textbook rates the epic as one of the finest examples of 20th-century Uzbek epics.

Worked examples
Example: The author expressing the pain of his own time through the example of India is symbolic expression: the troubles of one people are shown through the fate of another.
Example: The crowd’s failure to understand the poet is a tragic conflict: he struggles for the people, yet the people turn against him.
Class activity

Group presentation: four groups take four chapters, and each shows content, mood and the main image in a two-minute presentation.

Practice
1
Why did the author turn precisely to the fate of Nazrul Islam?
2
What tragedy is created at the end of the epic by the dream coming true while the poet cannot feel its joy?
3
What hope does the poet express in the “Tutqunlikda” chapter?
4
State in your own words the lesson of the epic for a reader of today.