Vietnamese Literature

• Ascending Dragon


  Geographical shape of Vietnam on the world map
• Dragon in Vietnam


  • Does not incarnate the spirit of evil
  • Symbol of power and nobility
  • Chosen as the special symbol of the emperors
  • The emperor was considered to be the son of Heaven
• Lotus flower in Vietnam


  • National flower
  • Flower of the dawn
  • Symbol of purity, commitment and optimism for the future
  • Closes at night and sinks underwater, rises and opens again at dawn
  • Found throughout Vietnam in the muddy water of lakes and ponds
• Facts about Vietnam


  • Vietnam is an S-shaped country
  • Vietnam is a nation of rivers
  • Vietnam is considered as the world's leading exporter of cashews and black pepper
  • Soccer/football is the most popular sport in Vietnam
  • Motorbike madness
  • Vietnam is the world's 2nd largest coffee exporter
• Vietnamese literature


  • Developed simultaneously at an early date, despite constant foreign invasions
  • Folk literature had deeply influenced the spiritual life of the Viets, admiring beauty, humanism, and the love of goodness which promoted the development of national consciousness
  • Written literature first appeared around the 10th century, with the primary role of preserving the main traits of Vietnamese literature
  • Literary works written in Han (classical Chinese) and chu nom became increasingly popular until the 18th century
  • Classical Chinese works died out at the start of the 20th century, and the country's literature was then written in Vietnamese quoc ngu (Romanized national language)
  • Western culture that swayed Vietnam's socioeconomic structure developed Vietnamese literature rapidly in terms of quantity, genre, and form
• Classical modes of persuasion

  • Ethos (character)
  • Pathos (emotions)
  • Logos (logic)
• Ethos


  The appeal to authority or the appeal to credibility, where a person relies on their credibility or character when making an appeal or an argument
• Pathos


  The appeal to emotion, where a person tries to persuade an audience by eliciting some kind of emotional reaction
• Logos


  The appeal to reason, where a person uses facts and logical reasoning to support an argument and persuade an audience