This article examines the presence, forms, and artistic functions of folklorism in the prose of the distinguished Uzbek writer Oʻtkir Hoshimov (1941–2013). Focusing on representative texts—notably Ikki eshik orasi (Between Two Doors), Dunyoning ishlari (Earthly Things / linked stories), and selected short stories—this study traces how Hoshimov draws on ritual motifs, oral traditions, proverbs, and everyday folklore to build character, localize narrative voice, and negotiate social memory. The analysis demonstrates that folklorism in Hoshimov’s oeuvre is not mere ornament; it is a structuring principle that articulates intergenerational values, mediates between rural and urban milieus, and reconfigures Soviet/ post-Soviet cultural identity.

Folklorism; Oʻtkir Hoshimov; Uzbek prose; ritual motifs; oral tradition; cultural memory; intertextuality.

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