Impact Factor: ISRA (India) = 4.971 ISI (Dubai, UAE) = 0.829 GIF (Australia) = 0.564 JIF = 1.500 SIS (USA) = 0.912 РИНЦ (Russia) = 0.126 ESJI (KZ) = 8.716 SJIF (Morocco) = 5.667 ICV (Poland) = 6.630 PIF (India) = 1.940 IBI (India) = 4.260 OAJI (USA) = 0.350 Philadelphia, USA 607 QR – Issue QR – Article SOI: 1.1/TAS DOI: 10.15863/TAS International Scientific Journal Theoretical & Applied Science p-ISSN: 2308-4944 (print) e-ISSN: 2409-0085 (online) Year: 2019 Issue: 12 Volume: 80 Published: 30.12.2019 http://T-Science.org Obidjon Bakhtiyorovich Shofiyev Termez State University Senior lecturer Doctor of Philosophical Sciences (PhD), Uzbekistan shofiyev@mail.ru THE IMAGE OF THE CHILD AND THE MOTIVATION OF CHILDHOOD IN ERKIN AZAM'S WORKS Abstract: This article covers the issues of children's image and childhood motives in the work of the people's writer of Uzbekistan Erkin A'zam. Then the works of the writer's collection named "Ertak bilan xayrlashuv" have been analyzed. Key words: image, motivation, story, childhood, interpretation, biography. Language: English Citation: Shofiyev, O. B. (2019). The image of the child and the motivation of childhood in Erkin Azam's works. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 12 (80), 607-611. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-12-80-115 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2019.12.80.115 Scopus ASCC: 1208. Introduction Many of the works of the authors of literature of the 1970s and 1980s are reflected in children's life. We can also see the works of Erkin A’zam with the same children's life. Careful observation of the work of the writer shows that in many of his works, childhood memories and motives served as literary material. Although the writer's childhood, partly as a teenager, lived in his hometown of Boysun, the later years of his life take place in the great Tashkent. However, most of his writings are based on his childhood memories and events. When we asked the writer about this, he answered: “Бундоқ ўйлаб қаралса, ўтган умрнинг нари- бери тўртдан бир қисмигина Бойсунга тўғри келади. Қолгани – йигитлигу балоғат даври Тошкентда кечди. Мана, кексалик сари қадам ҳам шу шаҳарда қўйилаётир. Нону насиба деймиз-да, а? Бу шаҳри азимнинг ҳар гўша, ҳар қаричи менга шу қадар азиз, қадрдон бўлиб кетганки, ўзимни бемалол тошкентлик атайверсам бўлади. … Тўғри пайқабсиз, ёзганларимнинг бевосита ёки билвосита Бойсуну бойсунликларга боғланмагани деярли йўқ. Акс ҳолда, қалам қурғур юрмай қолади. Умримнинг ўспиринлик йилларигина кечган у гўша ҳар қанча азизу мафтункор бўлмасин, бугун мен учун одатдаги жуғрофий маскан эмас, адабий-хаёлий бир маконга айланиб улгурган десам бўлади. Макон – кон, бир умр кавлаганингизда ҳам камаймайдиган, туби кўринмайдиган кон! Сираси, ҳозирги Бойсун шаҳри ҳув болалик зеҳнимга муҳрланиб қолган жайдари Бойсун эмас, таниб бўлмас даражада ўзгариб кетган. Одамларини айтмайсизми – замонавий, жаҳонгашта! Менинг эса, ўша “эски” Бойсунимни қўмсамоқдан, шу соғинчни достону китоб қилмоқдан ўзга чорам қолмаган” [1,571-572]. We think it is appropriate to briefly answer this writer's answer, which, in turn, will help us to clarify the subject. Erkin A’zam started to work when he was still in school. The writer himself writes that at the age of fourteen he wrote a story called “Исмоил” [2,227]. The essence of the stories and narratives contained in his collection book named “Эртак билан хайрлашув” which published in 2007 is that of the events that are reflected in her childhood memories, heart and mind. M. Kuchkarova also mentioned this [2,226]. The collection includes the works of the author between the ages of 18 and 36. The main themes of these stories and narratives are the most