This article examines the phenomenon of tatabbus in the literary heritage of Alisher Navoi and highlights its artistic, aesthetic, and spiritual significance in classical Uzbek literature. Tatabbus, understood as a poetic response, creative imitation, or continuation of an earlier literary model, occupies an important place in Eastern classical poetics. Alisher Navoi, as a great representative of Turkic literature, not only followed the literary traditions of his predecessors but also enriched them with original artistic thinking, philosophical depth, and linguistic mastery. The article analyzes the essence of tatabbus, its role in the development of poetic skill, and the distinctive features of Navoi’s creative approach to this genre. Special attention is given to the relationship between tradition and innovation, intertextuality, artistic influence, and the individuality of the poet in the process of poetic emulation. The study concludes that Navoi’s tatabbus works are not simple imitations, but highly creative reinterpretations that demonstrate his intellectual maturity and literary genius.

Alisher Navoi, tatabbus, classical literature, poetic response, literary tradition, artistic mastery, intertextuality, ghazal, creative imitation, Uzbek literature

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