The Department of Russian Literary criticism is one of the leading departments of the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. 1990 to 2001 the department was headed by Professor A. Z. Vulis, Associate Professor P. P. Filippov, Associate Professor K. R. Babadzhanova. 2001 to 2011 the department was headed by Doctor of Philology A. N. Davshan. 2011 to 2013 – the head of the department was Associate Professor A. V. Popov. 2013 to 2016 – O. N. Gibraltarskaya. From 2017 to the present, the department is headed by S.E. Kamilova.
Kamilova S.E. – Doctor of Philology, Professor. Specialist in modern Uzbek and Russian literature. Area of interest – comparative literary studies, translation studies. Author of a number of translations of works of art from Uzbek into Russian. Author of textbooks, monographs, foreign and republican articles, an active participant in international conferences. Under the leadership of S.E. Kamilova the scientific school of the Department of Comparative Literature and Contemporary Literature was created. Kamilova S.E. –Participant in the international project “Anthology of CIS Literatures”. Jury member of the Poetry International Prize, member of the international community of the Institute of Translators, moderator of the International School of Translators, co-organizer of the annual international conference “Vinogradov Readings”, member of the editorial board of the “Star of the East” magazine.
At the moment, the department has two doctors of philological sciences (S.E. Kamilova, O.N. Gibraltar), seven candidates of philological sciences (N.M. Mirkurbanov, M.N. Nizamova, D.A. M. Egamberdieva, E. M. Kaminskaya, A. M. Baltabaeva, Kasymova A.B.), nine teachers (N.Kh. Alimova, A.V. Korzun, A.N. Rotanov, A.S. Ziganshina , A.Sh. Kurchastova, O.B. Yuldasheva, Z.A. Dobrenkova, N.U. Yuldasheva, P.O. Klebleeva).
The Department of Russian Literary Criticism has a long history of development, accumulation and implementation of scientific experience. Today, the department is an integral part of the Philological School of Uzbekistan, most of the literary traditions of which were laid down by the teaching staff of the Department of Russian Literary Criticism at NUUz (formerly TashSU). The productivity of research activities is determined by the phased implementation of the program of scientific continuity and the program for the implementation of the results of research activities in the educational process of universities in the republic.
It should be noted the steady interest of the teaching staff of the Department of Russian Literary Criticism in individual research activities and the transfer of scientific experience. This activity contributed to the fact that over the past decades, several scientific schools have been formed associated with the study of the literary process, the problems of comparative studies, hermeneutics, and translation studies. The second direction is the introduction of the results of research activities of professorial and teaching activities in the educational process of universities in the republic and, more broadly, in the system of higher and secondary specialized education.
For many decades, the department has been the developer of State standards in the republic; teachers are part of the working group and are the initiators of introducing new scientific ideas, concepts and disciplines into the educational process.
The teaching staff of the department conducts active research activities, which are implemented in several directions. The scientific priorities of the department are determined by the department’s scientific topics, as well as individual scientific topics. Every year, the faculty of the department publishes more than 70 articles in international journals, scientific journals of the Higher Attestation Commission, in collections of international and republican conferences.
Individual research activities are reflected in monographs. In 2021, the department’s collective released an international monograph, which included concepts and developments relevant to modern literary studies related to the laws of the development of the literary process at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. The issue of monographic research is a traditional form of summing up the results of research activities for the department.
The publication of monographs significantly strengthens the position of the literary school of the republic, forming priorities at the present stage of development. Over the past ten years, monographs by A.N. Davshan (“Asia in Russian literature of the twentieth century”, “The work of Mikhail Prishvin in the context of world literature”), S.E. Kamilova (“Contemporary story: meaningful vectors and narrative strategies”), O. N. Gibraltar (“Change of the system of artistic coordinates: from prose to drama”), E.M. Kaminskaya (“Poetics of Prose by S. P. Borodin”, “Poetics of Prose by S. P. Borodin. Text. Context. Metatext”), D.А. Khatamova (“Problems of identification and identification in literary terms “),Alimova N.Kh. (Poetics of American prose of the last third of the XX century “). The activities of the Department of Russian Literary Criticism are aimed at the formation of a new model of professional education, taking into account international experience and individual specifics of development
Subjects taught at the department
Bachelor
| Т/р | The name of the science | A brief description of the science |
| 1 | Folklore | serves to understand the features of Russian folklore and acquire theoretical and practical knowledge |
| 2 | Propaedeutic course in Russian literature | serves for practical training of bachelor students in the professional activity of a teacher of Russian language and literature in foreign language groups |
| 3 | Introduction to Literary Studies | It serves to acquire the theoretical and literary knowledge necessary to understand the laws of the literary process and to evaluate literary events |
| 4 | Expressive reading practicum | Serves to form the theoretical and practical basis for the artistic presentation of text in order to form students’ expressive reading skills and their further application in pedagogical activities |
| 5 | History of Russian literature | serves to study the achievements of modern literature in the field of history of Russian literature |
| 6 | World Literature | serves to study the achievements of modern literature in the field of world literary history |
| 7 | Methods of teaching Russian literature in other language groups | serves for theoretical and practical preparation of bachelor students for the professional activity of a teacher of Russian language and literature |
| 8 | Literary theory | serves for the acquisition of theoretical and literary knowledge necessary for the understanding of the laws of the historical-literary process and the correct assessment of literary events |
| 9 | In hermeneutic and axiological aspects of Russian literature | serves to master the achievements of modern literature in the study of literary history and to predict possible research in the development of the problem |
| 10 | Literary analysis of a literary text | serves to review and master the principles and methods of literary analysis of a literary text by students |
| 11 | Uzbek literature in the world context | Uzbek literature serves to study its achievements in the world context |
| 12 | Literary Theory and History of Literary Criticism | serves for the acquisition of theoretical and literary knowledge necessary for the understanding of the laws of the historical-literary process and the correct assessment of literary events |
| 13 | Methods of teaching Russian literature | serves for theoretical and practical preparation of bachelor students for the professional activity of a teacher of Russian language and literature |
Subjects taught at the department
Master
| Т/р | The name of the science | A brief description of the science |
| Poetics and Problems of Russian Literature | Serves the formation of a theoretical basis for the effective development of master students in the field of poetics and problems at the level of the laws of the literary process. | |
| Theory and practice of the modern literary process | Serves to familiarize masters with the history of modern Russian literature as one of the important areas of modern literary criticism, the formation of knowledge about the genesis, main trends and ideological and artistic originality of Russian literature of the latest periods. | |
| History of literary studies | Serves for the formation of undergraduates’ ideas about the peculiarities of the emergence of the Russian science of literature, the formation and formation of academic literary criticism, the development of literary thought in the twentieth century. |
About researchers and scientific works
| № | The research professor-teacher | Academic degree, title | The topic of the dissertation |
| 1 | Kamilova Saodat Ergashevna | Doctor of Philology, professors | Development of poetics of the genre of story in Russian and Uzbek literature of the late XX-early XXI centuries (2016) |
| 2 | Gibraltskaya O.N. | Doctor of Philology, assistant professors | Representation of M.A. Bulgakov, A.P. Platonov, B.L. Pasternak in modern Russian-language literature (2020) |
| 3 | Mirkurbanov Nasirulla Mirsultanovich | Candidate of Philology. Professors | Artistic and aesthetic features of the historical and revolutionary novels of Aibek (1973) |
| 4 | Nizamova Munira Nizamovna | Doctor of Philology, assistant professors | Thomas Love Peacock’s Novels (1979) |
| 5 | Khatamova Dilfuza Abduvahabovna | Candidate of Philology, assistant professors | Equivalence and identification problems in literary terminology (on the example of Russian and Uzbek terms) (2010) |
| 6 | Egamberdieva Guzal Madiyarovna | Candidate of Philology, assistant professors | Poetics of the fairy-tale type of Khorezm dastans (2006) |
| 7 | Kaminskaya E.M. | Candidate of Philology. assistant professors | The structure of the narrative of Andrey Platonov (2008) |
| 8 | Kasymova Adiba Begalievna | Candidate of Philology, Lecturer | Buddhist-philosophical motives in V. Pelevin’s novel “Chapaev and Emptiness” (2015) |
| 9 | Baltabaeva Aziza Manabovna | Candidate of Philology, Senior Lecturer | Development of the genre of the story in the Russian-language literature of Uzbekistan (2020) |
| Approved dissertation topics | |||
| 10 | Alimova N.Kh. | Senior Lecturer | Poetics of the American Novel of the Last Third of the 20th Century (Minutes No. 3, 2018) |
| 11 | A.V. Korzun | Lecturer | Poetics of Alexander Kahn (Minutes No. 2-10 / 21) |
| 12 | Rotanov A.N. | Lecturer | Representation of the graphic novel in contemporary Russian prose (Bulletin No. 2, 2021) |
| 13 | Kurchastova A.Sh. | Lecturer | Artistic time and space in contemporary prose (Minutes No. 3 dated 09/15/21) |
| 14 | Yuldasheva O.B. | Lecturer | Reception of the image of the East in the Russian-language literature of Central Asia (Bulletin No. 2, 2021) |
| 15 | A.S. Ziganshina | Lecturer | Narrative strategy of Sukhbat Aflatuni (Minutes No. 11 of 01.20.21) |
| 16. | Yuldasheva N.U. | Lecturer | The work of Ildar Abuzyarov in the context of modern Russian literature (Minutes No. 21 of 06/23/21) |
| 17 | Dobrenkova Z.A. | Lecturer | The linguo-cognitive aspect of the “righteousness” frame in the later stories of L.N. Tolstoy |
| Master’s theses topics | |||
| 18 | Sultanova N.R. | Lecturer | The concept of “family” in the drama of A.P. Chekhov (2021) |
| 19. | Makhkamova R.M. | Lecturer | Intertextual connections of works by W. Shakespeare and I.S. Turgenev (2021) |
| 20. | Klebleeva P. | Lecturer | Regularities and anti-regularities in the work of D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak (2014) |
Information about local and foreign partners
| тр | Хорижий университет номи | Шартнома ёки меморандум имзоланган сана | Университет билан алоқа олиб борадиган масъул шахснинг исми шарифи ва тел рақами | Шартнома муддати |
| 1 | A.S.Pushkin Russian State University | 27.08 2019 | Тuychiev S.B. (0 371) 2030047 | 2019 |
| 2 | Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University | 12.02 2019 | Кamilova S.E. | 2022 |
The structure of the department
| № | Last name first name | |
| 1. | Kamilova Saodat Ergashevna | ogibraltarskaya@mail.ru |
| 2. | Gibraltarskaya Oksana Nikolayevna | sadmir@yandex.ru |
| 3. | Mirkurbanov Nasirulla Mirsultanovich | guzal.egamberdieva.76@mail.ru |
| 4. | Egamberdieva Guzal Madiyarovna | |
| 5. | Nizamova Munira Nizamovna | sevaravinograd@mail.ru |
| 6. | Khatamova Dilfuza Abduvaxabovna | kaminskaya- nuuz@mail. ru |
| 7. | Kaminskaya Elena Mixaylovna | best.adiba@mail.ru |
| 8. | Kasimova Adiba Begalievna | nargiz_alimova@bk.ru |
| 9. | Alimova Nargiza Xamidullaevna | eje_kurilovi4@mail.ru |
| 10. | Baltabaeva Aziza Mannabovna | |
| 11. | Yuldasheva Nilfarkhon Ubaydulla qizi | Korzun2007@bk.ru |
| 12. | Korzun Aleksandr Valintinovich | |
| 13. | Kurchastova Anna Shavkatovna | a.ziganshina@nuu.uz |
| 14. | Ziganshina Alina Sergeevna | odiljon12@bk.ru |
| 15. | Yuldasheva Okhida Baxtiyarovna | Alexey.rotanov@gmail.com |
| 16. | Rotanov Aleksey Nikolayevich | dobrdobr88@gmail.com |
| 17. | Dobrenkova Zinaida Aleksandrovna | nadishaxonim@gmail.com |
| 18. | Sultonova Nadirakhan Rustambekovna | ranoshechka83@mail.ru |
| 19. | Batirova Rano Maxkamovna | polina.klebleeva@mail.ru |
| 20. | Klebleeva Polina Olegovna |
Circles
1. Literary Living Room” online format the head of the circle Yuldasheva Nilufar Ubaydullayevna teacher
2. “Fundamentals of scientific research” online format head of the circle Kaminskaya Elena Mikhailovna acting associate professor
