ARGUMENTATIVE STRATEGIES OF THE LAWYER'S IMAGE IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERARY WORKS

This article comparatively examines the argumentative strategies employed by lawyer characters in English and Uzbek literary works, focusing on methods of reasoning and mechanisms for refuting opposing viewpoints. In literary texts, the argumentative activity of a lawyer contributes to character development, the progression of conflict, and the formation of readers’ attitudes towards events. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Toulmin’s model of argumentation and the concept of the New Rhetoric developed by Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca. Drawing on the characters of Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and Sir Wilfrid Robarts in Agatha Christie’s stage play Witness for the Prosecution, the article analyses strategies used by lawyers to select evidence, interpret facts, examine witness testimonies, construct alternative interpretations, and persuade audiences. Argumentative strategies are interpreted not merely as means of logical reasoning but also as instruments of literary characterization and the revelation of the ideological content of a literary work.