Concerning the Interrelations of the Genres of Folk Literature

Abstract

In the following article, the types and their uniqueness are considered, on the example of 
Russian and Uzbek folklore. The world in folklore studies, the principle of researching the history of 
the formation of genres of folk art, national-ethnocultural characteristics and poetic evolution in the 
context of the genesis and typology of epic traditions has strengthened. The scientific conclusions 
drawn as a result of such comparative-typological studies allowed to prove that the national identity 
of folklore is one of the leading features of today's historical-folklore process. In particular, the new 
research carried out on the creation of a perfect classification of folk prose genres, including the 
identification of specific genre features of legends in Russian and Uzbek folklore, has significant 
scientific value.