중대 베트남의 독특한 문학 장르 놈 문학의 문화현상

The unique genre, Nom Literature and its cultural phenomenon during the medieval period in Vietnam.

Truyen Nom was sin-eight metre written in Nom. The existence and value of Truyen Nom is a unique culture phenomenon in the history of Vietnamese culture. During the medieval period (10 th –19 th C) in Vietnam, the less popularity of Han prose poem led to a decline in the number of Nom prose composed. Truyen Nom was created based on the need for social and cultural reflection and lasted for four centuries. During four century history, Truyen Nom reached its peak in the 18C until the first half of 19C. With a wide dissemination and strong influence, Truyen Nom became the most prominent compositional style and played the important role in the society in terms of spiritual, cultural and civil reflection. Besides written work, Truyen Nom also existed in spoken compositions about daily life which were popularized in public through folk song, lullaby, tales and folk quizzes. The collection of Truyen Nom now includes about 100 pieces of work and processes a number of great compositions such as Hoa Tien, Phan Tran, Quan Am Thi Kinh, Hoang Truu, Pham Tai Ngoc Hoa and Doan Truong Tan Thanh(also known as Truyen Kieu). Truyen Nom was actually divided into two main different types: academic compositions and conventional work. The diversity of Truyen Nom in terms of contents, characters and literary speech made up great literacy and cultural values. The main content of Truyen Nom related to human values and destiny; some were about the aspiration for the freedom of love beyond feudal morality. Others were written about people’s life and personality who fought against oppressive influence to save the family’s happiness and to maintain social justice. The traditional medieval attitude of art brought into Truyen Nom a range of Orientation’s theoretical value in character creation and problem resolution.