GREAT TEXTBOOK OR THE CREATION OF A SCHOLARLY LITERARY CRITIC

Abstract

The textbook "History of Uzbek literature (from ancient times to the XVIII century)" by the famous literary critic Natan Murodovich Mallaev (1922 - 1996) has a special place in the socio-cultural life of our country after the 60s of the XX century. For more than half a century, this textbook has been acquainting not only philologists, but also Uzbek literature from ancient times to the XVIII century