The idea of didactic literature
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the three kinds of didactic literature with examples in a table.
Prose: “Qobusnoma”, “Gulzor”; mixed: “Guliston”, “Mahbub ul-qulub”, “Zarbulmasal”; verse: “Qutadg‘u bilig”, “Hayrat ul-abror”.
2
Can an instructive tale or fable you know be called a didactic work? Why?
Yes, if its main purpose is to give a lesson.
3
Why is “Qutadg‘u bilig” called a guiding work? Write two sentences.
Because it sets out rules of intellect, justice and honesty for ruler and ordinary person alike.
4
Compare the didactic works of Yusuf Khass Hajib and Navoiy in one sentence.
Both are verse didactic dastans: one from 11th-century Turkic literature, the other “Hayrat ul-abror” in the “Khamsa”.