The Issue of Conflict in Literary and Its Importance

Mukhlisa Sadullaeva

doi:10.51699/cajlpc.v6i4.1349

Mukhlisa Sadullaeva Independent researcher of the Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51699/cajlpc.v6i4.1349

Keywords: artistic conflict, collision, Terry Eagleton, To'xta Boboyev, social conflict, psychological conflict, personal conflict, social method, psychological method

Abstract

This article explores the essence of the concept of artistic conflict and its connection to the plot. The function of conflict in fiction is analyzed. The manifestations of types of artistic conflict in the short story genre are explained with examples. The classifications of Uzbek, English, and Russian literary scholars by types of conflict in literary theory are compared. The differences between them are determined. The opinions of literary scholars such as Roland Barthes, Terry Eagleton, Bakhtin, Hotam Umurov, Izzat Sultan, Abdulla Ulugov, Dilmurod Kuronov on artistic conflict are cited and classified. It describes the importance of artistic conflict in illuminating the essence of stories being written today.

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