ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF UZBEK FOLKLORE

The science of folklore is folklore studies, which examines the characteristics of folk art as an art of words, the stages of the emergence, formation and development of folklore, the laws of its creative process and way of life, its vital content, social nature, etc. discusses issues such as its artistic essence, artistic uniqueness, genre specification, as well as its interaction with written literature, connections and typology, poetics, method. A specialist dealing with the science of folklore is called a folklorist