“CREATIVE CONCEPT, ISSUES OF MUTUAL INFLUENCE AND ARTISTIC MASTERY IN RUSSIAN AND UZBEK SHORT STORIES (DRABBLE AND NOVELLA)”

Abstract

This article explores how brevity shapes meaning in Russian and Uzbek short fiction. Focusing on Anton Chekhov and Salomat Vafo, it examines the expressive role of small details, silence, symbols, and open endings. Comparative and close-reading approaches reveal a shared interest in psychological depth alongside different narrative emphases. Chekhov often presents inner conflict through ordinary events and restrained irony, whereas Vafo’s prose is discussed in relation to contemplative imagery and emotional suggestion. The article argues that concise writing is not merely short writing: its artistic strength lies in what it allows the reader to infer.