THE POETICS OF VALUE CONFLICT IN MODERN PROSE: MATERIAL DESIRE AND MORAL IDENTITY IN “THE GREAT GATSBY”, “MOMOQALDIROQ OSTIDA SAYR” AND “MUVOZANAT”

Abstract

This article examines the poetics of value conflict in modern prose through the comparative analysis of F.S. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Erkin A’zam’s Momoqaldiroq ostida sayr and Ulug‘bek Hamdam’s Muvozanat. The main focus is placed on the opposition between material desire and moral identity. The study argues that although American and Uzbek novels belong to different literary and cultural traditions, they represent a common human problem: the difficulty of preserving moral integrity in a society where material success, social prestige and personal ambition often dominate spiritual values. The article analyzes how the selected novels portray wealth, ambition, inner emptiness, moral responsibility and the search for balance as important elements of modern human existence.