HISTORICAL MEMORY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN A. QODIRIY’S “BYGONE DAYS”
Vol. 6 No. 6 Part 2 (2026): Eurasian Journal of Academic Research 29-35
Abstract
This article examines A. Qodiriy’s “Bygone Days” as a literary space in which historical memory and Uzbek cultural identity are mutually constructed. The novel is approached not only as a historical narrative about nineteenth-century Turkestan, but also as a symbolic archive of social etiquette, political experience, family ethics, religious practice, and everyday customs. Special attention is paid to culture-bound units such as forms of address, administrative terms, wedding vocabulary, bread-related rituals, and social titles. Drawing on linguoculturological and translation-oriented methods, the article argues that Qodiriy transforms collective memory into narrative form, while the English translations by Carol Ermakova and Mark Reese demonstrate different ways of transmitting cultural memory to non-Uzbek readers
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