SUBPLOTS IN CHINGIZ AYTMATOV’S NOVEL THE DAY LASTS MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS

Sha Rula PhD student National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek

Abstract

As Chingiz Aytmatov’s first full-length novel, The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years (1980) is featured with multiple layers of subplots, i.e. the life of Yedigei and his friends in the Boranly- Burannyi junction, the astronauts’ encounter with extraterrestrial civilization, and the ancient legend of the Mankurt, representing respectively the present, the future and the past. With the story of Boranly- Burannyi junction as the main plot, the author uses the subplots so skillfully that created an illusion that different dimensions of time are intertwined, breaking the intuitive linear view of time, thus invoking the readers’ reflection of the relationship of the past, the present and the future. The article aims at revealing all subplots in this prominent masterpiece.