SCHOLAR M. JORAEV - FOLKLORE SCIENCE SCHOOL

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In this article, folklorist M. Zhuraev’s role in Turkish folklore studies and the importanceof hisresearch works in modern science are discussed. Key words:folklore, folklorestudy, M. Zhuraev folklorist scholar Our people are a people rich in tangible and intangible heritage. Just as the history of our people dates back to ancient times, the emergence of folk oral creativity has taken its roots from ancient times and has reached our present day. Thus, the study and research of our literary heritage is not only of great importance in science and technology, but also serves to further development of the national and spiritual outlook of the younger generation, to educate them in the spirit of nationalism, patriotism, friendship and devotion to goodness. Therefore, this issue is of great importance in contemporary world folklore and literary studies. Thanks to independence, the process of renewal in our cultural life has attracted great attention to science, literature, and art, and serious attention is being paid to the state level, which has led to the collection of samples of folk oral creativity and the issues of publishing, researching and promoting its national essence using advanced research methods available in literary studies and folklore studies have reached a new level. In the research of folklore works at the level of today's requirements, it is of scientific-theoretical importance to study the specific features of folk art, its ideological content, genres, formal updates in the context of Turkish peoples and world folklore and to analyze it comparatively and typologically. In the research and interpretation of these issues, the special role of Mamatkul Juraev, a folklore scholar, professor, Doctor of Philology, "Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan", and winner of the "Shukhrat" medal is incomparable. During his 65 years of life, the scientist worked tirelessly to collect the heritage of Uzbek folklore from among the people and pass it on to the younger generation of today and future generations. He has published more than 750 scientific and popular science articles on folk art, 58 books, including 16 monographs, 3 textbooks, 6 study guides and 4 books published in foreign countries, the anthology "20th Century Uzbek Folklore" under his leadership and direct participation, a 2-volume catalog ofUzbek folk magic tales published in Germany in 2017,as well as a magnificent collection of masterpieces of Uzbek folklore -the head of the project to prepare for publication 100 volumes of "Monuments of Uzbek Folk Creativity", he prepared morethan 60volumes ofthis hundred-volume collection, and managed to print 20ofthem. In Professor M. Juraev's scientific works, such as "The Secret of Magic Numbers", "Magic Numbers in Uzbek Folk Tales", "El desa Navoiyni", "Navruz", "Silk Road Legends", "Uzbek Folk Calendar and Mythological Legends", "Uzbek Folk Celestial Legends", "A Star Before the Moon", "Myth, Folklore and Literature" epic genres and traditions in folklore studies, issues such as their genesis, evolutionary development, history and aesthetic functions, plot structure and leading motifs, and mythological foundations were evaluated based onthecriteria ofthenew era and we believethat it isworth emphasizing. page1781 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue04,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai The scholar's scientific articles also attract readers bytheir focus ontopical issues of folklore studies. For example, when we read his article "On the historical foundations of the plot of the epic "Shirin and Shakar" (Newspaper of the Karakalpak State University, 2017), we can see that the national uniqueness of our people, the poetic content of the epics, which are considered amirror of thedreams, mentality and spiritual world of thecenturies is studied from a new perspective. The scholar defines this epic as one of the most beautiful examples of the Uzbek romantic epic in terms of its genre characteristics and states that it depicts the loyalty and fidelity of Shirin bilan Shakar, love of their beloved and homeland, great attention is paid to depicting the courage and heroism shown in the battles and battles fought to destroy evil and punish traitors, which is why this epic plot has several unique interpretations among the Turkic peoples of Central Asia. He also states that it is especially noteworthy that the Uzbek folklore versions of epics based on this plot are distinguished by the high level of poetic skill of the bakhshis, the extensive description of the adventures of epic heroes based on imaginary fiction and fantastic interpretation, and the attractiveness and variety of artisticmeans used inthetextof thework. In his article, M. Juraev notes that this ancient epic, which discusses the irreconcilable struggle between good and evil, the eternal existence of honesty a