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Halima Xudoyberdiyeva

Lessons 42 · 1 lessons · Q. Yo‘ldoshev, V. Qodirov, J. Yo‘ldoshbekov. Literature: textbook for Grade 9 of general secondary schools. Revised and expanded 4th edition. “O‘zbekiston” NMIU, Tashkent, 2019
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Halima Xudoyberdiyeva

Textbook: pp. 239–246
GoalDescribe the life (1947–2018) and work of Halima Xudoyberdiyeva and explain the content of her poems “Dorilomon kunlar keldi...”, “Begim, sizni tabiat…” and “Shunchaki”.
New words
woman poet · shoiralyrical hero · lirik qahramon“Muqaddas ayol” (1990 prize-winning collection) · «Muqaddas ayol»sincere feeling · samimiy tuyg‘u
Explanation

Halima Xudoyberdiyeva was born on 17 May 1947 in the Boyovut district of Syrdarya region, in a gardener’s family. Her mother died when she was two, and her aunt Qarshigul raised her. She studied at Tashkent State University, graduating from the journalism faculty in 1972, and in 1975–1977 attended the Higher Literary Courses in Moscow. Her first collection, “Ilk muhabbat”, came out in 1969, while she was a student; then “Oq olmalar”, “Chaman”, “Suyanch tog‘larim”, “Issiq qor”, “Muqaddas ayol”, “Yuragimning og‘riq nuqtalari”, and in the years of independence “Bu kunlarga yetganlar bor” and “Turkiston onasi”. For “Muqaddas ayol” she received the Republic State Prize in 1990 and in 1991 the title People’s Poetess of Uzbekistan; she was editor-in-chief of the magazine “Saodat” for about ten years. She died in Tashkent on 17 August 2018. In “Dorilomon kunlar keldi...” a child urges her mother, as spring comes, to shake off sorrow and enjoy life. In “Begim, sizni tabiat…” a girl addresses the young man she loves and speaks of loyalty and pride. In “Shunchaki” the lyrical hero wants to do everything wholeheartedly: merely writing for the sake of it is death for a poet, she says.

Worked examples
Example: addressing the beloved as “begim” gives a national, sincere tone; by the textbook, in older times a girl and a wife addressed their loved one this way with respect.
Example: the repetition of “shunchaki” in the poem is a device of repeating. In each stanza the word comes with a negation and strengthens the demand to live and write wholeheartedly.
Class activity

For each of the three poems identify who the lyrical hero is and whom she addresses, and write one sentence (without copying lines from the poem).

Practice
1
When and where was Halima Xudoyberdiyeva born?
2
Which was her first collection and when did it come out?
3
In the poem “Dorilomon kunlar keldi...” what does the lyrical hero tell her mother (in substance)?
4
What does “merely writing is death to a poet” say about her view of creation?