The first dastan of the"five" Alisher Navoi and the problem of the universal chronotope

This article deals works of Alisher Navai. In particular, comparison of historical genres on the basis of the principle of poetic evolution has shown that “Five” Navoi is a whole, unified genre system. It has been shown that the function of the framing component organising semantics-structural integrity of “Five” performs the first dastan. In the semantic-structural connection of this dastan with the subsequent four leading is the principle of epic universalization. Semantic-structural units, which serve as the basis of epic universality, also define and canons of genre and at the same time give us grounds to assert that “Five” is a universal genre.