ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTERPRETATION OF UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERARY DISCOURSE

Gunel Hummetova (Paniyeva) Saleh,Mamatqulova Xolida Axtamovna (Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Head teacher of the Department of Literature Teaching Technology, PhD in Philology,Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Associate Professor of the Department of Comparative Literature)

International Journal of Literature and Language Studies
Vol. 5 No. 6 (2026): International Journal of Literature and Language Studies

This article studies the anthropocentric interpretation of universal concepts in English and Uzbek literary discourse. It examines how literary texts place the human being at the center of conceptualization and how personhood, memory, time, family, love, and moral choice structure artistic meaning. The research uses Khalida Mamatkulova’s ideas about universal concepts, typological similarity, worldview, and national identity. The article argues that both traditions represent the world through human experience, emotion, and value while constructing the human being through culturally specific models of selfhood and responsibility.