The Archetypical Images of "The Old Man" and "The Old Woman" in the Works of Shukur Kholmirzayev

Abstract

The archetypal images of “Chol" (The old man) and "Kampir" (The old woman) are studied in the article. The images of the elderly in Shukur Kholmirzayev's stories were analyzed. The characters in the writer's stories "Podachi" (Shepherd), "Qariya" (The Old Man), "Tabassum" (Smile), "Qaytish" (Return), "Odam" (Human) are compared with the characters in folk tales. The functions of the archetypal images of "the old man" and "the old woman" in a realistic work are revealed.