Genres of literary criticism in world literature as a separate system acquire an important place in the literary process and development of literature, including in Uzbek literary criticism. In this system, a literary parallel takes an important place, like a review, an article, a literary portrait. The period taken as an object in the literary parallel and the works created in it are analyzed and certain conclusions are drawn. Literary parallel, which is an independent genre of literary criticism, is of great importance in the development of literature and activation of the literary process. At the same time, each literary parallel has a deep logical root, and it is necessary to have reasonable, scientific and theoretical discussions. It is worth noting that the rise of the Press speeded up the development of genres of literary criticism genres, literary-criticism genres and its various internal types have developed. One of the urgent tasks is facing Uzbek literary criticism today, revealing the peculiarities of the literary parallel, which is considered an independent genre in the genre system, scientifically-theoretically researching the nature of the genre, identifying its genesis, highlighting its artistry and compositional features on a scientific basis. This article explores the genesis, nature of the literary parallel, the factors that led to its creation, and the case of literary parallels which was created in Uzbek literary studies and criticism. Comparative-typological, hermeneutic and analytical methods of analysis were used in the research. The purpose of the article is to scientifically research the nature and development of the literary parallel genre in Uzbek literary studies and criticism.