Abstract. The artistic language is the main means of meeting the communicative needs of society, it is contrasted with the non-codified subsystems of the national language - regional dialects, urban vernacular, professional and social jargon. The concept of an artistic language can be defined on the basis of the linguistic features characteristic of a certain subsystem of the national language and by delimiting the total composition of speakers of this subsystem, separating it from the total composition of people speaking a certain language. Abdulla Qadiri, as a leading intellectual of his time, worried about the fate of the Motherland and the nation. The ravages of time have tormented the writer's heart. He wanted to awaken the national consciousness of the people through the novel "The Past", spoke about the "dirtiest and darkest days of our history" - the later incompetent "Khan times" that led the country to the colonial disaster, and wanted to teach the people about this sad reality. Artistic language - the common written language of one or another people, and sometimes several peoples - official work documents, school teaching, written and everyday communication, science, journalism, fiction, all forms of culture expressed in oral form, often expressed in writing. The article defines the artistic language as a function of the national language, it is emphasized that the literary "language" is not an independent language, but a literary variety of language use. The literary language of Abdulla Qadiri's novel "The Past Days", the definition of artistic language, and the development of the novel genre are highlighted. It is also said that Qadiri used colors to separate positive from negative characters, followed folklore traditions and deprived them of their attractiveness.