GHOST CHARACTERS IN VIETNAMESE STORIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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Abstract
Using mythology criticism, historical and social criticism, poetic criticism combined with literature review, this article analyzes the characteristics of ghost characters in Vietnamese stories in the first half of the twentieth century. The ghost characters in Vietnamese stories in the period 1900-1945 were the result of the inheritance of Vietnamese folk beliefs. Some stories scientifically explained about demonic characters. Many stories described ghost characters from a worldly and private perspective. The study of the ghost characters in Vietnamese stories in the first half of the twentieth century contributes to explaining the uniqueness of the literature of this period in the journey of inheriting the myth of Vietnamese literature.
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20th century, ghost, ghost characters, stories, Vietnam
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