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ARTISTIC TIME AS A FORM OF EXPRESSING THE TRAGIC CONDITION IN THE SHORT STORIES OF A. P. CHEKHOV AND ABDULLA QAHHOR

Gulchekhra Sait-Abdullayevna Makhmadiyeva ,

Abstract

The article examines artistic time as an active means of creating and intensifying a character’s tragic condition in A. P. Chekhov’s “Misery” and Abdulla Qahhor’s “The Sick Woman.” The comparative analysis shows that tragedy is shaped not only by bereavement or illness but also by temporal organization: deceleration, repeated unsuccessful attempts, waiting, pauses, and the mismatch between a character’s inner time and the rhythm of the surrounding world. In Chekhov, this structure reveals Iona’s communicative isolation; in Qahhor, the duration of illness becomes a social ordeal and delay exposes the vulnerability of poverty.

Keywords

artistic time, tragic condition, chronotope, short fiction, narrative rhythm, repetition, waiting, A. P. Chekhov, Abdulla Qahhor.

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Makhmadiyeva, G. S.-A. . (2026). ARTISTIC TIME AS A FORM OF EXPRESSING THE TRAGIC CONDITION IN THE SHORT STORIES OF A. P. CHEKHOV AND ABDULLA QAHHOR. Oriental Journal of Philology, 6(05). https://doi.org/10.37547/supsci-ojp-06-05-21