| Course ID: | VIET 4191. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Vietnamese Language and Literature |
Course
Description: | Readings in Vietnamese, Chi Nom, and modern Vietnamese. |
| Oasis Title: | VIET LANGUAGE |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will learn about the culture change due to the
disappearance of Chi Nom, and they will analyze ancient texts in
the original and in transliteration. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Origin
2. The vernacular
3. The Chinese Writing system
4. Han Tu
5. Chu Nom
6. Chu Nho
7. Quoc Ngu
8. Cognates, Phonetic Character Borrowing
9. Character invention
11 Standardization
10. Poetry of Nguyen Binh Khiêm
11. Poetry of Ho Xuân Huong
12. Bao Ninh “The Sorrow of War”
13. Lan Cao, “Monkey Bridge”
14. Duang Thu Huong “Paradise of the Blind”
15. Review |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students in this course are expected to be familiar with and
adhere to the University of Georgia policy on academic honesty,
according to which all violations of academic honesty will be
handled. |