NATIONAL TRAGEDY AND FREEDOM MOTIFS IN THE POETRY OF ABDULKHAMID CHULPON
Keywords:
Chulpon, national tragedy, freedom, motif, Jadid poetry, Uzbek literature, symbolic image.Abstract
Abdulkhamid Chulpon’s poetry shows national pain, colonial pressure, and a strong desire for freedom. The article studies how images of chain, wall, wound, darkness, and awakening were used to express both collective tragedy and hope for release. Close reading, thematic analysis, and contextual reading are applied to poems such as “Men va boshqalar,” “Kishan,” “Ko‘ngil,” and “Go‘zal Turkiston.” Special attention is given to poetic symbols, emotional tone, and the link between lyrical voice and social reality. The analysis shows that national tragedy in Chulpon’s poetry is not presented as silent suffering only; pain is turned into protest, inner resistance, and moral awakening. Results also show that freedom in Chulpon’s poems works at three levels: as a personal need, as the dream of a nation, and as a call for future action. The article helps explain why Chulpon remains important in Uzbek literary studies and why the themes of grief and freedom stand at the center of his poetic world.
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