Xx Asr O‘ZBEK Adabiyotida Nashrlararo Variant Muammosi Va Uni O‘RGANISHNING Nazariy Asoslari

Drawing on existing scholarship, this article examines theoretical issues in the study of textual variants across editions of twentieth-century Uzbek literary works. It clarifies the relationships among the concepts of work, text, edition, copy, variant, and revision. Studies of the editions of O‘tkan kunlar provide the basis for discussing the selection of a base text, the distinction between authorial revision and other interventions, and the assessment of the literary significance of textual differences. The article argues for describing a variant’s observable form, literary function, and provenance according to distinct criteria.