This article analyzes the artistic expression of epic imagery and folk spirit in Usmon Azim’s short stories. The study highlights the integration of oral folk traditions, colloquial language devices, and national color with epic descriptions in the writer’s prose. The heroes of the stories, symbolizing bravery and generosity, are depicted on an epic scale. In particular, the story “Another’s Life” is examined as an example of the author’s skill in combining simple everyday events with folk spirit and epic imagery.

Author, epic imagery, oral folk tradition

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