UZBEKISTAN AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE POEMS OF HURSHID DEVRAN

Abstract

Hurshid Devran was born on January 20, 1952 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. H. Devran; he became
one of the leading poets and writers of Uzbek Literature with his works written in epic, poetry,
drama, theatre, story and translation. In the works he wrote in the field of poetry, homeland, nation,
flag, language, independence, historical figures, poet, poetry, spring, autumn, nature etc. themes are
often included. He frequently emphasized the historical, geographical and cultural characteristics of
Uzbekistan in order to create national consciousness among the Uzbek people in his works on
Uzbek Literature of the Independence Period. However, Kashgarli Mahmud, Alisher Nava’i,
Zahiriddin Muhammed Babur, Musa Aybek, Maksud Shehzada, Mirtemir, Osman Nasir,
Abdülhamid Süleyman Cholpan etc. He mainly gave place to historical and literary figures in his
poems. In the study, the concepts of Uzbekistan and national identity that Hurshid Devran used in his
poems about homeland, nation, language, flag and independence were evaluated. In addition, a
detailed analysis of H. Devran’s poems in which he describes the cultural characteristics of the
geography he lived in and historical cities was made. At the same time, the poet's works were
analyzed in terms of literary theories and stylistic features. Based on this study, detailed information
about the life of the artist and the structure of the society he lived in was obtained.