PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFYING UZBEK CHILDREN'S FOLKLORE

This article provides a systematic analysis of the scientific approaches to the classification of Uzbek children’s folklore genres, particularly based on the views of the folklorist Oxunjon Safarov. Through a comparative approach, the study examines classifications proposed in world folklore studies by G. Vinogradov, O. Kapitsa, M. Melnikov, N. Isenbet and in Uzbek folklore studies by G‘. Jahongirov. Based on this comparative perspective, Safarov’s classification is divided into three main groups, and the structural components of each group are analyzed in detail. The advantages, shortcomings, and innovative aspects of the system proposed by Safarov are objectively evaluated, and the methodological foundations of scholarly research conducted on children’s folklore are elucidated.