History Of The Emergence Of Folklore In Uzbek Literature

Аннотация

This article comprehensively explores the role of oral folk creativity in the formation and development of Uzbek literature. Through epics, legends, proverbs, riddles, fairy tales, and songs, the people’s worldview, historical memory, and artistic perceptions have found expression. The article examines historical sources that contain samples of Uzbek folklore, the first scholars who recorded and studied them, the distinctive features of folklore genres, and their influence on written literature. Special attention is given to the scientific folkloristic research that began in the early 20th century, particularly highlighting the contributions of scholars such as Hadi Zarifov and Gozi Olim Yunusov. The article emphasizes key characteristics of oral creativity collectivity, anonymity, oral transmission, and intergenerational continuity while revealing its theoretical and practical significance in Uzbek literary studies. Keywords: - Uzbek folklore, oral folk creativity, epic, fairy tale, proverb, riddle, legend, Alisher Navoi, Hadi Zarifov, Gozi Olim Yunusov, Uzbek literature, folkloristics, oral tradition, written literature, genres, aesthetic thinking, mythology, folk bards, "Alpomish" epic, "Devonu lug‘otit turk". Introduction: In the process of Uzbek literature and its Speaking about the history of the collection and analysis, the importance of oral folk art occupies an recording of works of Uzbek folklore, it is necessary to important place. Folklore has been deeply studied in recall that in the work "History of Bukhara" by the Uzbek literary studies as an expression of national famous historian Abu Bakr ibn Ja'far Narshakhi, who thought, expressed through epics, legends, proverbs, lived and worked in the 10th century, the names of riddles, fairy tales, and songs. The introduction of these cities and villages, historical monuments, as well as folk elements into literary analysis and their theoretical tales and legends about past events are cited, and the substantiation began at the beginning of the 20th great scholar of the 11th century Mahmud Kashgari century and continues to this day at various stages. traveled the land of Turkic tribes, recorded rich materials related to folklore genres such as proverbs, Folklore occupies a special place in the development of sayings, songs, legends and myths, and included them Uzbek literary studies. In the field of literary criticism in the work "Devonu lug'otit turk." The first collectors and theory, views on the attitude to folklore, of Uzbek folklore were Mahmud Zamakhshari, who understanding its essence, and determining its recorded proverbs and sayings and studied their influence on literary processes have been formed characteristics; Nasiruddin Burhanuddin Rabguzi, who gradually. Especially since the beginning of the 20th compiled the myths, legends, stories, and tales of the century, folklore has been studied as a literary source, ancient Khorezmians into his "Qissasi Rabguzi"; Alisher a poetic phenomenon, and one of the important layers Navoi, who reflected on the genre composition of of artistic thought. The formation of the concept of Uzbek folk poetry; the historian Khondamir, who folklore in literary studies is connected with the narrated folk tales about the great Uzbek poet; Darvesh consistent systematization of scientific views on this Ali Changi, who left behind materials on the diverse process. genres of musical folklore; Zahiriddin Muhammad International Journal Of Literature And Languages 51 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ijll International Journal Of Literature And Languages (ISSN: 2771-2834) Babur, who provided interesting facts about the stand out from similar examples of written literature customs, rituals, proverbs, wise sayings, and legends of and other types of art in a number of respects. These the Uzbek people; and Sheikh Sulayman Bukhari, who characteristics of folklore primarily lie in the fact that it cited examples of folk songs in his compiled dictionary. is collective (collective) creation, therefore the author of folklore samples is the general public, their specific Alisher Navoi, who highly valued the unique creative creator is an unknown anonymity, which is inherent in potential of our people, also effectively used the values them and is passed down orally from generation to of almost all genres of folklore of his time. Therefore, in generation among the people, created and performed the poet's works, terms such as legend, story, legend, orally, observing traditions in performance and fairy tale, tale, epic, great ir, ayalghu, song, surud, creativity, having variants during the performance uzmog', chang, changa, related to the genre system of process and versions over time. On this basis, 15th-century Uzbek folklore, were widely used. collectivism, anonymity, verbalization, traditionality, Uzbek folk oral poetic creativity, which was initially variability, and versionality are indicated as called "folk literature," "folk lit