VU NGOC PHAN’S CONTRIBUTION IN THE BOOK “ON THE ROAD TO ART”
Main Article Content
Abstract
Vu Ngoc Phan is recognized as one of the outstanding writers in the research and criticism of Vietnamese literature in the 20th century. Compared with later but well-known and critical works such as “Modern writers,” and “Vietnamese folk songs and proverbs,” “On the road to art” is his first collection of essays discussing many issues of theoretical significance - literary criticism. This article will focus on clarifying Vu Ngoc Phan’s view on theoretical issues such as author, compositions, literary works, and literary genres. Besides, this paper also clarifies Vu Ngoc Phan’s view about the function of literary criticism and the role of the critic. In research-criticism practice, the paper also discusses the method he applied to study some typical literature works in the world, including Vietnamese literature. This analysis was used to evaluate and confirm Vu Ngoc Phan’s contributions to Vietnamese literary theory and criticism in the first half of the twentieth century.
Keywords
literary theory, literary research, literary criticism, “On the road to art”, Vu Ngoc Phan
Article Details
References
Kieu, T. Q. (1942). Phe binh van hoc [Literary criticism]. Hanoi: Tan Viet Publishing House.
Moc Khue (1942). Ba muoi nam van hoc [Thirty years of literature]. Hanoi: Tan Viet Publishing House.
Nguyen, N. T. (1998). Tuyen tap phe binh van hoc Viet Nam [Anthology of Literary Criticism]. Hanoi: Literary Publishing House. Episode 5.
Nguyen, T. T. X. (2004). Phe binh van hoc Viet Nam nua dau the ki XX (1900-1945) [Criticism of Vietnamese literature in the first half of the twentieth century (1900-1945)]. Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam National University.
Nguyen, V. T. (1968). Luoc khao van hoc - Nghien cuu va phe binh van hoc [Literary Review - Literary research and criticism] Saigon: Nam Son.
Trinh, B. D. (2016). Lich su Li luan phe binh van hoc Viet Nam [History of Vietnamese literary criticism theories]. Hanoi: Vietnam National University.
Vu, N. P. (1963). Tren duong nghe thuat [On the road to art]. Saigon: Doi nay Publishing House (Reprint).
Vu, N. P. (1998). Nha van hien dai [Modern writer (2 volumes)]. Hanoi: Van hoc Publishing House (Reprint).