This article discusses the study of the epic genre in world literature. Dissertations, articles and scientific works devoted to the genesis and gradual
development of the epic genre in Russian, Arabic, Persian-Tajik and Azerbaijani literary criticism are analyzed. In order to express the spirit of the time, vividly describe the feelings of the creator of muhammas, popularly reflect differences, muhammas was originally a poetic genre that was part of the muhammat, and then, on the basis of gradual improvement, they took a firm place in the creative laboratory of many poets.