No. 2 (2023) Uzbekistan: language and culture. Literary criticism.

In this article, Khayriddin Sultanov, one of the major figures of modern Uzbek literature, discusses how life events are artistically
reflected in his stories and short stories. In the writer’s works, the reality of life, the historical truth, the complex inner experiences of a person
are impressively reflected artistically, and the reality is viewed from the perspective of high humanity. In the writer’s stories such as “Dunyoning siri”, “Ghulomgar- dish”, “Qog‘oz gullar” and the short stories “Saodat sohili”, “Yozning yolg‘iz yodgori”, “Ko‘ngil Ozodadur... ”, people’s daily life, worries, attention is paid
to the truthful coverage of their aspirations and relationships. The author’s short stories focus on convincingly revealing the spiritual experiences of
a person. The events recorded in the writer’s short stories are similar to events in life. The characters in them look like real people. The thoughts and worries of these heroes will not leave anyone indifferent. The article mentions such features of the writer’s work.

In this article, it was analyzed that the value of the word, the im-portance of poetry and the spiritual and educational function of literature are of great importance in the basis of the philosophy of Abdulla Aripov’s literary and aesthetic views. The trinity of poet, poem and words forms the basis of Abdulla Aripov’s literary- aesthetic views, in this article “Ehtiyoj farzandi” he distinguishes three strages of the poet’s creative formation, his thoughts on the trinity of poet, poem and wordsshow that Abdulla Ar-ipov’s literary aesthetic concept is based on high requirements. It was highlighted that it does not lose its importance in any age in terms of calling people of creativity to self-examination and constant search for creative perfection.

In the article, the artistic, plot and compositional features of Khayriddin Sultan’s short story “Ajoyib kunlarning birida”, the importance of language and style, the writer’s ability to create an image and use of words are thoroughly analyzed.
The origin of the “short story” genre, its genre development, the opinions and debates of world and Uzbek literary experts on this topic are studied in comparison.

In the history of Uzbek classical literature, Khwaja Ahmad Yassavi, Boborahim Mashrab, Sufi Olloyor, Huvaido, Hazini and many other Sufi poets related to Sufism (Sufism) have a great position in the cultural life of the peoples of the ancient and modern Turkestan land. has been Majzub Namangani, the son of Abdulaziz Hasankhoja, who lived until the end of the 18th and the middle of the 19 th century and had a significant impact on the literary environment of Turkestan, is also one of the artists known to the people as the piri murshid of the Naqshbandiya order.This article describes the genre characteristics of the artist’s works. The works of the poet, collected in the manuscript library, are divided according to the characteristics of the genre. Genres such as ghazal, qita, sokinama, musallas, murabba, mukhammas, musaddas, musaklam can be found in his work.

This article provides information about the owners of the Timurid poetrys whose names are mentioned in “Majalis un-nafais”. Including, Shah Garib Mirza, Khalil Sultan, Sayyid Ahmad Mirza, Sultan Mas’ud Mirza, who created a beautiful literary atmosphere of their time and set an example for others, patrons of science those who are able to create in various genres and weights of classical literature as creators are the confirmation of our opinion. In addition, studying the subject of poetry of artists is one of the responsible tasks facing our science. Study of devan of artists known to science and applying the unknown to science is also essential factor of literature.

Usman Nasir’s work has been studied on a scientific basis since the beginning of the 30s, and his works were included in educational programs and textbooks of the literary complex. In the following years, the study and research of the poet’s life and work increased. Literary works have been published several times. A number of scientific articles and books were created. In this field, we can mention the scientific researches of literary scholars Naim Karimov, Abubakir Rajabi, Ibrahim Gafurov, O’tkir Rashid, the poet’s niece Nodira Rashidova. In his book dedicated to Usman Nasir, A.Rajabi covered the poet’s life and creative activity for the first time. The article examines which aspects of the poet’s life and work have been stud-ied by literary scholars.

“Temurnoma” is a work of folklore that interprets the image of Sahibkiran in folklore. In this regard, along with historical images, which are interpreted by folklore, textual images also play an important role in the characterization of Amir Temur. In “Temurnoma” the image of Sahibkiran and various historical and tissue images are used in parallel with the image of Amir Temur, who played an important role in illuminating his character. One hundred and forty-three characters took part in the play. These images unite around the image of Amir Temur and play an important role in illuminating the character of Sahibkiran. In this study, such images described
in “Temurnoma” were classified as historical and textual images from a historical point of view.
The depiction of some non-historical fabricated images in the work is the basis for evaluating it as an epic work dedicated to the interpretation of the image of Sahibkiran in the imagination of the people. The depiction of historical figures who were contemporaries of Amir Temur in the war,
but did not meet him in real life, is based on the fact that the ideal of the ethnos was accompanied by people close to him. While the main images
form the core of the plot, the auxiliary images play a supporting role in the interpretation of the image of Sahibkiran. Episodic images participate as a peripheral element in the system. The “Temurnoma” also contains folklore-inspired fairy-tale textual images, indicating that the work is based on pure folklore.

The article talks about the history of the study of the «Alpomish» epic. Also, the versions of this saga recorded from various folk traditions, their common and unique aspects were studied. The version of this epic recorded by the son of Fazil Yuldosh, a famous epic poet and representative of Bulungur epic school, which is the most perfect and artistically perfect copy, therefore, this copy is the basis of many studies on the epic. Opinions have been expressed. The article also analyzes the research of the famous Russian scientist V.M. Zhirmunsky on this poem. The work carried
out on the “Alpomish” poem was investigated in three directions. In the first stage, information is given about the process of recording the epic from the folk dances, when, from which dance, by whom it was recorded, if the recorded copy was published, by whom was it prepared for publication, if it was not published, in which treasure is the manuscript kept.