MIRKARIM OSIM: THE HISTORICAL NOVELIST FOR CHILDREN

Abstract:

This article is devoted to the place of the work of Mirkarim Asim, a writer who devoted his entire creative activity to writing historical works, artistically researching the fate of folk heroes from the distant past of the people's history with his works, and making an incomparable contribution to the culture of the nation, in the spiritual life of children. The article analyzes two stories and about ten short stories of the writer. The contribution of the realities and historical images captured in these stories to the development of children's and adolescent literature is shown on the basis of analysis and interpretation. It was emphasized that in the work of Mirkarim Osim, who used historical themes to serve the times, the central issue of his work was to illuminate the theme of the past, to teach lessons from the past by depicting the courageous lives of national heroes and science devotees in history. He was a creator who considered it important not to reflect romantic thinking and events on a large scale, as in a novel, but to revive the past through the fate of a hero within the framework of a story. In achieving this goal, the story genre provided an opportunity to express historical facts without distorting them. At the same time, the writer's work opened up the unlimited possibilities of the story genre, and its diverse manifestations appeared.