The Poetic Function Of The Chronotope In Character Representation In Somerset Maugham’s And Abdulla Kahhor’s Short Stories
Keywords:
Chronotope, character representation, comparative literatureAbstract
This study investigates the poetic function of the chronotope in the short stories of Somerset Maugham and Abdulla Kahhor, focusing on its role in shaping character poetics. Drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of the chronotope, the research examines how the interaction of artistic time and space contributes to the representation of literary characters in Maugham’s “Sanatorium” and Kahhor’s “The Patient.” Rather than comparing the stories by plot or motif, the study analyzes each writer’s use of the time-space framework as a poetic device. The findings show that, in both writers’ short fiction, this artistic structure serves as an essential means of revealing characters’ psychological, social, and moral dimensions. However, Maugham primarily emphasizes individual psychological experience, whereas Kahhor foregrounds social reality and historical context, demonstrating both common and distinctive approaches to character poetics.
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