CULTURAL TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION: WHY JULES VERNE HAS NO DIRECT EQUIVALENT IN UZBEK LITERATURE
Keywords:
scientific imagination, cultural translation, Uzbek literature, Jules Verne, comparative literature, science fiction, narrative modernityAbstract
Scientific imagination in literature is shaped not only by technological and
epistemic developments but also by culturally specific narrative traditions. While
nineteenth-century European literature produced a highly influential model of science
oriented adventure fiction through the works of Jules Verne, Uzbek literature
developed along a different trajectory shaped by historical, socio-political, and
epistemological conditions. This article examines why Uzbek literature lacks a direct
equivalent of Jules Verne by analyzing the cultural translation of scientific imagination
across literary systems. Using comparative literary analysis and cultural narratology,
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