INTERPRETATION OF COMIC FANTASY IN THE WORKS OF TOHIR MALIK

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This article discusses thepoetic interpretation of TohirMalik's comic-fantastic works. In the author's book "Reverse Eyes," fantastic aspects, fantastic heroes and place names, as well as the vices of our society and some individuals are revealed under the guise of fantasy, sometimes in the form of bitter satire, sometimes in the form of light humor. The author's fantasy is satirically illuminated in the stories "May the Doctor Be Well," "Catch the Thief," "Father and Son," "Take the Money, Welcome," "Iron Man," and "Reverse Eyes," which take place with the characters of the planet Yokkulabad. Satirical names such as Betqul, Tilqul, Bevoshqul ota, G'o'rqul, and Voyqul were chosen for the characters of each story. Place names such as Borkant, Teskariobod, Toshbaqaobod, and Kengqosh also served this style. Although the events on the planet Yokkulabad are fictional, life is depicted in the same way as on planet Earth, while on the planets Inverse Eyes and Z everything is interpreted as a reflection of Earth. In his works of a satirical-fantastic nature, we observe that the writer was able to widely and appropriately use examples of folklore: mainly exaggeration, as well as proverbs, anecdotes, and fairy tales. He created his fantasy stories "Golden Rat" and "Golden Fish" based on fairy taleplots. Keywords:Yo'qqulobod, Planet Z, anecdote, idiom, satirical fiction, humorous fiction, fairy tale, boast, irony. Introduction. In Uzbek literature, the science fiction genre is associated with the name of TahirMalik. Erkin Malik writes about this: "Fantasy is a new direction in Uzbek literature, and no writer has yet explored this topic. This path was pioneered by a young man, Tahir... What am I trying to say? It turns out that a truly creative person doesn't get bogged down in trivial matters. Intending great deeds, he 'mounts a camel and looks far ahead' [4; 2]. Indeed, it was his fantastical works that established Tohir Malik as Tohir Malik. S. Rasulova Tohir Malik was the first writer in Uzbek literature who practically demonstrated that elements of adventure are an integral part of artistry [9; 26]. Academician Aziz Kayumov praised him, saying, "Tahir Malik is the Tolstoy of our time" [10; 36]. A writer's creative evolution can be studied in three stages. In the initial period, he focused on fantasy; in the second stage, the detective genre; and in the third stage, that is, in the final years ofhis career, hecreated works of areligious andeducational nature. II. Analysis of literature. Although the author's main works in the fantastic genre were created during the first period of his creative career, elements of fantasy are also found in page1804 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue06,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai "Shaytanat" and "Charxpalak," detective elements in the stories "Hunt" and "Death of Hikmat Afandi," and didactic and religious-educational features in the stories "Falak," "Hunt," and "Devona." In the final years of his life, he returned to science fiction, writing in a rare field in our literature - comic fiction. In his book "Reverse Eyes," he satirizes the vices in our society and in some individuals under the guise of fantasy, sometimes in the form of bitter satire, sometimesin theform of light humor. Erkin Vohidov created the series "Donishqishloq Anecdotes" in verse, while Tohir Malik created the series "Yo'qqulobod Anecdotes" in prose. Yo'qqulobod is the name of a strange planet in the author's fantasy, and as the name suggests, this planet is actually formed from the word "yo'q," meaning "doesn't exist." The writer used this method of naming a planet in his previous works. In particular, in the stories "The Ambassadors of the Milky Way" and "Hunt," the name of the same planet is mentioned. In both works, the planet inhabited by astronauts visiting Earth is called Unet. Regarding this, the writer states: "I combined the Uzbek pronoun 'u' withthe Russian word 'net,' meaning 'He -no.'Such a planet does not exist" [6; 43]. The situation on the internet is a depiction of the Aral Sea tragedy, while the events in Yo'qkulobod are a satirical interpretation of the vices within ourselves, the people around us, and our society. The author writes about this: "Among the eighteen thousand worlds, there might be another planet like ours. Since that planet resembles ours, its stories are also similar to ours: We haven't discovered that planet yet. But don't you believe that they have already discovered and observed us? Someday they will fly in theircelestial ships. Until then, they have been sending their stories via airwaves [7; 123]. The name of the planet is Yo'qqulobod, and the names of all its characters are pronounced with a syllable: Voyqul, Bevoshqul ota, Borqul, Balliqul, Jasqul, G'o'rqul, Jumqul, Alqul... The names of the countries, cities, and villages on this planet are