STYLISTIC AND LINGUACULTUROLOGICAL FEATURES OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF UZBEK AND ENGLISH FOLKLORE
Keywords:
children’s literature, folklore, stylistic analysis, linguaculturology, Uzbek tales, English tales, cultural worldview.Abstract
Children’s literature acts as both a source of enjoyment and a vehicle for cultural transmission, molding young readers’ worldviews through language, story structure, and cultural symbolism. This research examines the artistic and linguistic characteristics of children’s literature by comparing Uzbek and English folklore, such as fairy tales, fables, and oral histories. This study uses comparative stylistic analysis and cultural linguistics to identify literary strategies, linguistic devices, and embedded cultural codes in stories such as “Zumrad va Qimmat,” “Cinderella,” “Boy-Bola,” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.” The study examines how metaphors, formulaic expressions, cultural archetypes, and moral standards contrast or align across the two traditions. The results show that although the moral and developmental goals of both traditions are identical, their stylistic and cultural representations represent strongly held social beliefs and worldviews that are specific to their respective linguistic and cultural systems.
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