This article examines the short story “The Sun of the Future” by Elbek, one of the major representatives of early twentieth-century Uzbek Jadid literature, as well as the poem “The Candle” appended to it, within the framework of the interpretation of time and the human being. The author analyzes opposing concepts such as darkness and light, oppression and enlightenment through symbolic images (the child, the mother, the sun, the candle). From an artistic and philosophical perspective, the article highlights issues of the struggle of human spirituality against the pressure of time, moral and ethical development, and hope for the future. In addition, the ideological and thematic harmony between the short story and the poem is systematically substantiated by means of a comparative table.

Elbek, Jadid literature, time and the human being

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