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The ballad
Textbook: p. 38
ЦельKnow the features of the ballad genre.
Новые слова
ballad · balladahistorical-heroic · tarixiy-qahramonlikplot · syujetemotion · his-hayajon
Объяснение
The word “ballad” is French and means a “dance song”. It is a short poem in which an event is told and the poet adds his own feelings. So the ballad joins features of epic and lyric. Uzbek poets have mostly written ballads on past events and on legendary-fantastic and heroic themes. “Mardlik afsonasi” is an example of such a ballad.
Примеры
Example: if a poem has only feeling, it is lyric; if it has both event and feeling, it is a ballad.
Example: in “Mardlik afsonasi” the event is To‘maris’s victory, the feeling is the author’s love and hatred.
Работа в классе
Recall a work you know that is like a ballad and name its event and feeling.
Упражнения
1
From which language does “ballad” come and what does it mean?
From French; “dance song”.
2
What is combined in a ballad?
The telling of an event and the poet’s feeling.
3
On what themes are Uzbek ballads often?
Mostly on past events and on legendary-fantastic and heroic themes.
4
Why do we say the ballad joins epic and lyric?
Because it has both an event (epic) and the poet’s feeling (lyric).