After the establishment of Alisher Navo'i Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan PF-4797 dated May 13, 2016, the Department of Theory of Literature and Modern Literary Processes was established within the Faculty of Uzbek Philology.
The main activities of the department are the study of literature, literary theory, history of Uzbek literary criticism, comparative study of Uzbek and world literature, effective teaching of modern literary processes at the educational level, philologists at the level of world standards. The department regularly works with the Institute of Uzbek Language, Literature and Folklore, the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan. Professors of the department B.Karimov and A.Ulugov are members of the association.
Head of the department: Ph.D., Professor Karimov Bahodir Nurmetovich
The staff of the department: 1 academician, 2 doctors of sciences, 2 professors, 3 candidates of sciences and 4 PhDs.
The scientific potential of the department is 100%.
Priorities of the department:
- the introduction of foreign experience in the teaching of Uzbek literature;
- the use of new technologies and modern media;
- the development of international research projects with experienced professors in developed countries;
- the organization of online classes with foreign state universities and mutual exchange of experience, holding international seminars and establishing continuous cooperation in this area.
Areas and specialties taught by the department:
Master's specialties:
70230502 - Literary criticism (Uzbek literature)
70230502 - Literary Studies (Higher Literature Course)
Areas of Undergraduate Education:
5120100 - Philology and language teaching (Uzbek).
Basic doctorate:
10.00.02. - Uzbek literature.
10.00.07 - Literary Theory
Department subjects
History of literary critical thought (BA, course 3)
Problems of new Uzbek literature (BA, course 2)
Problems of literature of the Independence period (BA, course 1)
Current literary proces (BA, course 1)
The science of artistic skill (BA, course 2)
Methodology of scientific research in literary studies (BA, course 1)