SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS — CRITICAL REALISM IN THE PROSE OF MARK TWAIN AND ABDULLA QAHHOR

This article analyzes critical realism and the means of social humor in the works of the prominent representative of nineteenth-century American literature Mark Twain and the distinguished figure of twentieth-century Uzbek literature Abdulla Qahhor. It demonstrates how social problems, the shortcomings of human nature, and social injustices are exposed through humor and irony in their works.