This article examines the artistic and philosophical interpretation of the concept of divine love embodied in the image of a woman in Uzbek classical literature (in particular, the epics of Alisher Navoi) and English courtly literature from a comparative perspective. It analyzes the spiritual and transformative essence of love expressed through the image of a woman in medieval Eastern mystical poetry and European chivalric traditions, its role in human perfection, and the metaphysical content of the “unattainable mistress” motif. The study highlights the archetypal similarities and differences between the dialectics of metaphor and reality in mysticism, the concept of fano, and the model of “fin’amor” in the courtly tradition. According to the results of the comparative analysis, in both literary schools the image of a woman is considered not only an aesthetic ideal, but also a mediator providing spiritual elevation. At the same time, while in Sufism the image of a woman is interpreted as a theophanic embodiment of divine beauty, in courtly literature she appears as a symbol of a high ideal that serves the knight to achieve moral maturity. The results of the research serve to identify common universal archetypes of medieval spiritual thought in the East and the West.

divine love, female image, mystical poetry, Alisher Navoi, courtly literature, fin'amor, fano, archetype, comparative literary studies.

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