The XII-th century is considered as a special epoch in the history of literature, as in this period the sphere of the Tajik-Persian language diffusion extended, new literature groups and centers arose in Khorasan and Maverannakhr. The development of prose and poetry continued. Further development of gazelle genre is looked upon as one of the tokens of perfection in reference to the Persian-Tajik poetry of the XII-th century. The author of the article canvasses the factors connected with the genre in question, its birth, formation and development; proceeding from historic materials the author specifies the fact that gazelle was engendered in the X-th century –i.e. in the epoch of the Samanides and its founder is Rudaki.
history of literature, development of poetry and prose, diffusion of Persian-Tajik language, gazelle genre, representatives of Tajik-Persian literature, Abuabdullo Rudaki, spiritual love
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