Bao Ninh''s Contribution to Vietnamese and World Literature - 'The Sorrow of War' and His Short Stories

This book analyses and presents the works of Bao Ninh, the most well-known writer in modern Vietnamese literature. It will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of modern Asian history, in particular the Vietnam War, Southeast Asian Studies, and Vietnamese and World literature.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction Part I: The Setting 1. Bảo Ninh: Life and times of a maverick; 2. The Indochina War (1946-1954, 1964-1975); 3. War in History and War in Literature: Where is the Truth? Part II: The Sorrow of War 4. Understanding War from An Insider's Perspective: Self-conscious Narrator as a Witness in War; 5. Understanding the Double Trauma in The Sorrow of War Part III: Bao Ninh’s Short Stories 6. Understanding War From Peripheral Fragments about Humans; 7. Understanding War from the Perspective of a Male Dominant Voice Part IV: The Phenomenon Bao Ninh 8. Bao Ninh and Vietnam’s Image; Appendix; Index

About the author

Cao Kim Lan is Associate Professor of Literary Theory and Criticism, Institute of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ooi Keat Gin is Professor of the Modern History of Brunei/Borneo at the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei and Visiting Professor at the Korean Institute of ASEAN Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.

Summary

This book analyses and presents the works of Bao Ninh, the most well-known writer in modern Vietnamese literature. It will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of modern Asian history, in particular the Vietnam War, Southeast Asian Studies, and Vietnamese and World literature.

Product details

• Authors: Ooi Gin, Cao Kim Lan, Cao Kim (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Lan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032616155
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261615-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge Research on Asian Literature
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Vietnam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, Regional Studies, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Regional Geography, Vietnamese