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ASEAN Literature Review Notes
(About Vietnam)

1. Ms. Zarah A. Aguda VIETNAM LITERATURE

2. Poetry  is literature that is written in verse and emphasizes the rhythmic use of words to create imagery.

3. Types of Poetry Lyric Poetry Narrative Poetry Descriptive Poetry

4. Lyric Poetry Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities , that expresses the speaker's personal emotions and feelings.

5. Narrative Poetry Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. Narrative poems do not need to rhyme. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex.

6. Descriptive Poetry one that mainly describes the subject — whether it be a person, an animal, or an inanimate object — often in great detail, rather than telling a story or expressing one's feelings. 

7. Sub Types: Sonnet Haiku Elegy Limerick Ballad Ode Epic

8. Sonnet Fourteen line poem that written in iambic pentameter . Shakespearean or English ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG 2. Petrarchan or Italian ABBA, ABBA, CDECDE

9. . Shakespearean or English ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG From fairest creatures we desire increase , That thereby beauty’s rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decrease , His tender heir might bears his memory : But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes , Feed’st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies , Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel. Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding . Pity the world, or else this glutton be , To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee.

10. . Petrarchan or Italian ABBA, ABBA, CDECDE Named after Francesco Petrarca Consist of fourteen-line or fourteen hendecasyllabic lines in parts. First – Octave Second- Sestet

11. . Petrarchan or Italian ABBA, ABBA, CDECDE OCTAVE - eight lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllables). ABBA ABBA When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide , And that one talent which is death to hide Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent

12. . Petrarchan or Italian ABBA, ABBA, CDECDE SESTET - six lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllables) CDECDE So answerest thou; but why not rather say : “Hath man no second life? – Pitch this one high ! Sits there no judge in Heaven, our sin to see? – More strictly, then, the inward judge obey! Was Christ a man like us? Ah! Let us try If we then, too, can be such men as he!”

13. Haiku A haiku is a short, unrhymed poem that adheres to a specific three-line, seventeen-syllable. “JANUARY” by Paul Holmes Delightful display - 5 Snowdrops bow their pure white heads - 7 To the sun's glory . - 5

14. Elegy The elegy is a form of poetry in which the poet or speaker expresses grief, sadness, or loss. "His Grace! impossible! what dead! Of old age too, and in his bed! And could that mighty warrior fall? And so inglorious, after all! Well, since he’s gone, no matter how, The last loud trump must wake him now: And, trust me, as the noise grows stronger, He’d wish to sleep a little longer. And could he be indeed so old As by the newspapers we’re told?"

15. Limerick A limerick is a five-line poem that consists of a single stanza , an AABBA rhyme scheme, and whose subject is a short, pithy tale or description. “There was a small boy of Quebec, Who was buried in snow to his neck; When they said ‘Are you friz ?’ He replied, ‘Yes, I is – But we don’t call this cold in Quebec.'”

16. Ballad A  ballad  is a form of narrative verse that is considered either poetic or musical . ‘I’ll do as much for my true-love As any young man may; I’ll sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.’

17. Ode a short lyric poem that praises an individual, an idea, or an event. ‘ Paul Laurence Dunbar, ‘ Ode to Ethiopia ’. O Mother Race! to thee I bring This pledge of faith unwavering, This tribute to thy glory. I know the pangs which thou didst feel, When Slavery crushed thee with its heel, With thy dear blood all gory.

18. Epic a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of persons.

19. Sound Devices: Alliteration Assonance Consonance Onomatopoeia Rhyme Rhythm

20. Figurative Devices: Simile Metaphor Personification Irony Metonymy Synecdoche

21. VIETNAM LITERATURE

22. Vietnam literature consists of two parts, namely folk and written literature . Folk literature is oral literature ; meanwhile, written literature includes kanji, “ chu Nom” (Nom letters) and “ chu Quoc ngu ” (national language) literature.

23. The literary arts, especially poetry, have traditionally been highly prized in Vietnam. There are three main types of Vietnamese literature: 1)   Truyen   (traditional oral literature); 2)   Han Viet   (Chinese-Vietnamese literature); 3 ) Quoc Am  (modern literature, or anything written in the romanticized  quoc ngu   alphabet).

24. From the early 20th century, “ chu Quoc n gu ” (national language) was widespread nationwide . With the development of printing technology , together with exposure to Western and Eastern literature. L iterature in Vietnam witnessed a great number of new literary genres, in which prose occupied an important position in the literature forum with poems reigned before. Changes in literary life appeared with the advent of the New Poetry movement in the 1930s. This was a modern movement to liberate Vietnamese poetry from the restrictive rules of classical Chinese poetry. In the field of prose , the activities of “ Tu Luc Van Doan ” group influenced by the West created a modern Vietnam novel. Vietnam literature from this period set a presence of many movements. It can be named of them, such as works in romanticism, works according to realism , or works associated with politics – revolutionary literature flow.

25. VIETNAM LITERATURE EXAMPLE

26. The Cherished Daughter Mother Mother, I am eighteen this year and still without a husband. What , Mother, is your plan? The magpie brought two matchmakers and you threw them the challenge: not less than five full quan , five thousand areca nuts, five fat pigs, and five suits of clothes. Mother, I am twenty-three this year and still without a husband. What , Mother, dear, is your plan? The magpie brought two matchmakers and you threw them the challenge: not less than three full quan , three thousand areca nuts, three fat pigs, and three suits of clothes.

27. Mother, I am thirty-two this year and still without a husband. What , Mother, darling, is your plan ? The magpie brought two matchmakers and you threw them the challenge: not less than one full quan , one thousand areca nuts, one fat dog this time, and one suit of clothes. Mother, I am forty-three this year. Still without a husband. Mother , look, Mother , will you please just give me away? -- Anonymous (c. 1700 AD )– trans . Nguyen Ngoc Bich from World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquit

28. Understanding 1. Do you believe that the daughter is cherished? Defend your answer.

29. Understanding 2. What is the present-day equivalent of magpie from the context?

30. Understanding 3. What culture of the Vietnamese is shown in the poem?

31. Understanding 4. Comment on the value of challenges of the mother.

32. Understanding 5. How do you feel for the daughter at forty-three?

33. Valuing 1 . What family, economic, education, and social values should be cherished based on the poem?

34. Valuing 2. Does obedience always give optimistic results?

35. Sound Devices 1. What sound device is used in the poem?

36. Sound Devices 2. Do you appreciate the poem through its sound device? Why or Why not?

37. Poetry Type 1. What poetry type is The Cherished Daughter? Support your answer.

38. A School Boy’s Apology By Le Thanh Huan If sometimes I fall asleep in a lecture Or shout and scream as if alone Please forgive me, please don’t be angry For I have no place to play . I’m growing up I want to be a sailor I’m wishing for a giant arena, a stream I feel like yelling my life is beginning Every minute I want to hold tight to my dream

39. But the fires of war have shriveled my joys At every step I see guns turned on me At every word I hear the crash of steel Not believing, not understanding I only stare. The slaughter goes on and on, Blood and bones and hatred all strained red . People running from the front to look out for themselves Cheating , lying, stabbing others in the back Some of my friends have fallen. No one knew, no one cared, they were dewdrops that’s all. My home will be burnt to the ground The way back cut off, partitioned…

40. Understanding 1. Why is the persona in the poem apologizing? Is it a proper act?

41. Understanding 2. What does the second stanza tell about the persona? I’m growing up I want to be a sailor I’m wishing for a giant arena, a stream I feel like yelling my life is beginning Every minute I want to hold tight to my dream

42. Understanding 3. What does the use of the word ‘but’ at the start of stanza three suggest ? But the fires of war have shriveled my joys At every step I see guns turned on me At every word I hear the crash of steel Not believing, not understanding I only stare. The slaughter goes on and on, Blood and bones and hatred all strained red.

43. Understanding 3. What does this (stanza three) tell about the persona? But the fires of war have shriveled my joys At every step I see guns turned on me At every word I hear the crash of steel Not believing, not understanding I only stare. The slaughter goes on and on, Blood and bones and hatred all strained red.

44. Valuing 1. With the persona’s situation in class, many Filipino classmates might laugh at this boy or bully him. How would you react in the situation?

45. Valuing 2. If you were a foreign teacher in Vietnam, knowing there was war in the country, what preparation would you do before facing your students?