WHEN WORDS GROW BIGGER THAN LIFE: HYPERBOLE IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERATURE
Ключевые слова:
hyperbole, mubolag’a, figurative language, English literature, Uzbek literature, comparative stylisticsАннотация
This article looks at hyperbole, the art of purposeful exaggeration, in English and Uzbek literature. It compares how writers in the two traditions use bold language to show love, power, pain, and humour. The examples come from Beowulf, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Marvell on the English side, and from folk epic, Navoiy, Qodiriy, and everyday speech on the Uzbek side. The comparison shows that both literatures share the same basic impulse: to say more than the plain facts so that feeling can be understood. The differences lie mostly in tone and purpose. English hyperbole often moves toward drama, irony, and wit, while Uzbek classical hyperbole is closely tied to the poetics of love and heroism. The article ends with a few ideas for readers, translators, and teachers
