Course Description
Readings in Vietnamese, Chi Nom, and modern Vietnamese.
Athena Title
VIET LANGUAGE
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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