HUMAN AND NATURE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE STORIES OF NORMUROD NORQOBILOV

This article examines the artistic and aesthetic interpretation of the relationship between humans and nature in the stories of Normurod Norqobilov, one of the prominent representatives of Uzbek prose. In the writer’s works, nature is not merely a means of description but appears as an important artistic component expressing the spiritual world, inner state, and life views of human beings. The harmony between natural landscapes and the psychological state of the characters, human attitudes toward nature, issues of ecological thinking, and the symbolic-philosophical meaning of the image of nature are analyzed. The study scientifically examines the inseparable connection between nature and humans in Normurod Norqobilov’s stories, as well as the poetic functions of natural phenomena in revealing characters’ traits and inner emotions. It substantiates the artistic expression of ideas such as love for nature, its preservation, and harmony between human beings and existence in the writer’s works.