Literature · Grade 8

30/30 weeks ready · S. Olim, S. Ahmedov, R. Qo‘chqorov. Literature, Grade 8: textbook-collection, Parts 1 and 2. G‘afur G‘ulom publishing-printing creative house, Tashkent, 2014 (revised third edition)

Part 1Introduction and folk literature

Introduction and the dastan “Kuntug‘mish”

The story of “Kuntug‘mish”: love, desert and betrayal

The end of “Kuntug‘mish” and love-and-heroism dastans

Part 1Yusuf Khass Hajib and didactic literature

Yusuf Khass Hajib and “Qutadg‘u bilig”

The idea of didactic literature

Part 1Lutfiy and the basics of poetics

Part 1Alisher Navoiy

Navoiy’s life and the ghazal “Qilg‘il”

Navoiy’s ghazals: “Kelmadi”, “Yo‘q”, “Bo‘l”

Navoiy’s qit‘as and the theory of ghazal and qit‘a

Part 1Nodira

Nodira and her ghazals

Part 1From twentieth-century Uzbek literature

Abdurauf Fitrat and his poems

G‘afur G‘ulom: “Sog‘inish” and “Vaqt”

Part 2Tragedy and lyric poetry: Shaykhzoda, Usmon Nosir

Maqsud Shayxzoda and “Mirzo Ulug‘bek” (I)

“Mirzo Ulug‘bek” (II) and tragedy

Usmon Nosir: “Yurak” and “Nil va Rim”

The poem “Monolog”

Part 2Novel and novella: Asqad Mukhtor, Said Ahmad

Asqad Muxtor and “Chinor”

Analysis of the “Chinor” novella and Said Ahmad

The excerpt “Qochoq”

The novel “Ufq” and forms of the novel

Part 2Homeland and time: Sharafiddinov, To‘ra Sulaymon, Muhammad Yusuf

Ozod Sharafiddinov and the article on the homeland

To‘ra Sulaymon and his poems

Muhammad Yusuf and his poems

Part 2From world literature

Fuzuliy’s ghazals

Tagore and “Nur va soyalar” (I)

“Nur va soyalar” (II)

Sergey Yesenin and his poems