Webinars & Presentations
Asian Topic Discussions: Poetry of Vietnam
Vietnam has a long and diverse history of classical poetry, ranging from lyrical sonnets written in Literary Chinese, to epic narrative poems written in the vernacular Vietnamese language and script known as Chữ Nôm. This talk will explore the classical Sinitic foundations of Vietnamese poetry and discuss how a vernacular tradition developed out of it, culminating in masterworks such as the "Tale of Kiều."