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What is the sample outline of an essay on the analysis of the Character Vu Nuong in "Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong" in the 9th-grade Literature program in Vietnam?

"Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong" is a work by author Nguyen Du, excerpted from the incredibly intriguing and distinctive anthology "Truyen Ky Man Luc." The story builds the character Vu Nuong with both beauty and fate as a woman in feudal society.

You can refer to the sample outline of an essay on the analysis of the Character Vu Nuong in "Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong" in the 9th-grade Literature program in Vietnam below:

(1) Introduction

Introduce the writer Nguyen Du and the work "Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong."

Introduce the character Vu Nuong - the main character of the story.

(2) Body

- Vu Nuong's Living Conditions

+ The feudal patriarchal society with injustices against women.

+ The chaotic wars that divided many families.

- The Beauty of Vu Nuong

+ Vu Nuong is a gentle and proper wife: knowing her husband is suspicious, she maintains propriety, when he must go to war, she does not wish for glory but only hopes for his safe return, wholeheartedly faithful, waiting for her husband.

+ Vu Nuong is a dutiful daughter-in-law, a mother who loves her child dearly: caring for her mother-in-law during illness, organizing the funeral as she would for her own mother, cherishing her child missing a father from youth…

- The Fate of Vu Nuong

+ Unable to decide her own life, subjected to parental arrangements: mismatched marriage.

+ Married but has to endure separation due to war.

+ Falsely accused of infidelity by her husband, she had to choose death to prove her innocence.

+ Even after death, she wants to return to her family but cannot.

- Artistry

+ Unique storytelling technique portraying women with comprehensive beauty.

+ Character-building artistry: depicting Vu Nuong's psychology and inner self through dialogues, monologues, etc.

Magical elements contribute to the storyline construction.

(3) Conclusion

Vu Nuong is a representative character for women in the old society.

"Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong" specifically, and "Truyen Ky Man Luc" in general convey many profound humanistic meanings.

Below is a sample analysis of the character Vu Nuong in "Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong":

"Truyen Ky Man Luc" is a collection written in the legendary genre, considered an "ancient anecdotal essay," a "masterpiece from a great writer." The story marked a remarkable development of Chinese-character prose in the medieval Vietnamese literature of the 16th century. Among them, "Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong" is one unique and exemplary story written about the unfortunate fate of women of the time. This is evident through the character Vu Nuong.

"Chuyen Nguoi Con Gai Nam Xuong" originates from the folk tale "Vo Chang Truong," being the sixteenth tale out of the twenty stories in "Truyen Ky Man Luc." The main character in this work is Vu Nuong, a woman of chastity, and virtuous beauty, both inside and out but is tragically accused of infidelity by her husband. Having no opportunity to vindicate herself, Vu Nuong decides to throw herself into the river to prove her purity. The story ends with the image of Vu Nuong faintly appearing, sometimes hiding, sometimes revealing in the river, saying her farewells, and then disappearing. This is the tragedy of many unfortunate women for whom family happiness is a firm support, now it has turned into smoke, and they have lost their life's pillar, leading to tragedy and death is the only way to escape their tragedy. Hence, the story does not merely reflect reality but also denounces reality, denoting the woman's longing for happiness in a fair and civilized society.

First of all, Vu Nuong is a beautiful and virtuous woman, representing the beauty of women in the feudal lesson: "already gentle and well-mannered, also adding good looks." Truong Sinh, admiring those qualities, asked his mother for a hundred strings of gold to marry her. Then, the writer emphasized her virtuous beauty by placing Vu Nuong in various situations and relationships such as with her husband, with her mother-in-law, and with her son Dan.

First is Vu Nuong's relationship with her husband, Truong Sinh. She appears as a very loyal wife, loving her husband deeply. In ordinary married life, when they first married, she understood her husband's suspicious nature, often excessively cautious against his wife, so Vu Nuong behaved skillfully, maintaining propriety, conceding, and adhering to norms, never allowing discord to arise in the family. Thus, we can see she is a woman who understands her husband, knows her role, and is very virtuous. When the husband was preparing to join the army, Vu Nuong poured a full cup of wine and bid farewell to Truong Sinh with heartfelt, affectionate words. She did not hope for glory, just wanted her husband to bring back safety. At home, Vu Nuong misses her husband intensely. Each time she sees "butterflies fluttering in the garden, clouds covering the mountains" she feels “stirred in spirit,” missing her husband away at the frontier. Her virtue is further affirmed when wrongly accused by her husband: “three years apart, remained chaste. Not even embellishing herself to ease the heart, never approached the willow alley or flower walls…”. When Truong Sinh returned from the army, he insisted that she was unfaithful; Vu Nuong tried to persuade her husband to understand, spoke of their marital bond, and asserted her unwavering loyalty. She even pleaded with her husband “Do not falsely accuse me.” This suggests Vu Nuong strived to preserve, and reconcile her family’s happiness which was at risk of breaking. This demonstrates her sincere value of the happiness she had, further highlighting her desire for warm family harmony.

Then, Vu Nuong was in a relationship with her mother-in-law and son Dan. She emerges as a dutiful daughter-in-law and a very perceptive, loving mother. Her husband enlisted, and she stayed home alone giving birth and raising her child, playing the role of both a mother and father. She feared her child would lack their father's love, so every night she would use her shadow, pointing to the wall, pretending it was Dan’s father. She fulfilled her husband’s duty, and responsibilities of a filial daughter-in-law: caring, medicating, and comforting her ill mother-in-law faithfully. Upon her mother-in-law's passing, she arranged the funeral thoroughly as if for her own parents. Hence, her mother-in-law even invoked the heavens to attest to Vu Nuong’s piety: “The heavens shall not forsake you as you have not forsaken your mother.” This reveals Vu Nuong’s noble character and great contributions to her husband's family.

Thus, a woman beautiful, virtuous, talented, dutiful, loyal, and wholeheartedly cherishes family happiness should have been fully happy. Yet, ironically and paradoxically, she faced an unfortunate family life and died in sorrowful, tearful pain. That was when Truong Sinh, after three years away in the army, returned, son Dan rejected recognizing his father, speaking innocent words: “Earlier, there was a man who came every night, when mother Dan went so did he, when mother Dan sat so did he, yet never carried Dan.” Truong Sinh assumed she was “unfaithful.” Although Vu Nuong sought explanations, neighbors defended her, and the suspicion only deepened. Eventually “the family’s joy was lost” “vase shattered, comb broken, storms ended, clouds dispersed, lotus withered in the pond, willow wilted in wind,” even the wait turned to stone was no longer possible “no more to climb the Vong Phu peak.” She plunged into the cold Hoang Giang River. This decisive act was to preserve honor, and dignity in utmost despair, and anguish.

What led to Vu Nuong’s tragic death? Primarily, the shadow detail and innocent words of son Dan. But, the underlying deeply rooted was from the suspicious and violent husband. From the story's start, the writer introduces Truong Sinh as the “son of a wealthy family yet uneducated,” with a suspicious nature, overly cautious against his wife, and lacking trust and affection even with his intimate spouse. This was the seed of tragedy, growing through three years of enlisted distance from home, jealousy, and selfishness arose and claimed his wife's life. Simultaneously, harsh feudal policies and authoritarian male dominance enabled patriarchal arrogance, allowing men’s misconduct against women. Women had no voice, no self-defense even with “relatives, neighbors defending…” All these forced Vu Nuong—the contemporary woman—into tragedy, dissolving women’s family happiness, and cornering them to a hopeless end.

At the story’s end, Vu Nuong reappears faintly on a floral palanquin amidst the river, brilliant ritual flags afloat, she thanks Linh Phi and bids farewell to Truong Sinh then vanishes. These creative details demonstrate Nguyen Du’s innovation. Such an ending not only completes the character's attributes but also proves Vu Nuong's innocence. In another world, she receives proper regard for her dignity. Hence, Nguyen Du fulfilled the human dream of immortality, beauty's triumph, symbolizing a longing for happiness in a just, blissful life for honest people, especially contemporary women.

With illustrious storytelling art blending reality and fantasy, everyday details with writer’s creativity, Nguyen Du successfully depicts the character Vu Nuong—the symbol of unfortunate women’s tragedies. This viewing reveals Nguyen Du’s deep humanitarian heart, rich in human love.

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What are the regulations on 9th-grade Literature textbooks in Vietnam?

Under Clause 1 Article 32 of Education Law 2019 regulating textbooks of general education in Vietnam:

- Textbooks must implement programmes of general education, concretizing the requirements on educational objectives and contents, on students’ quality and capacity as defined in programmes of general education; direct teaching methods and methods of assessing and evaluating education quality; contents and formats of textbooks shall not carry prejudices based on ethnicity, religion, profession, gender, age and social status; textbooks may be in the printed, Braille or electronic forms.

- Each subject shall have one or several textbooks; implement private sector involvement in textbook compilation; textbook publication shall be in compliance with the law;

- Provincial People’s Committees shall decide selection of textbooks for consistent use in institutions of general education in their localities as regulated by the Minister of Education and Training.

- Local educational materials shall be designed by provincial People’s Committees to meet the needs and characteristics of their localities, be appraised by provincial review councils for appraisal and approval by the Minister of Education and Training.

How many times of regular assessment is required for 9th-grade Literature in Vietnam?

According to Article 6 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT regarding regular assessment of Literature as follows:

Regular assessment

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2. In each subject, each student shall be examined and assessed multiple times where several examinations and assessment satisfactory to teaching progress as per education plans of specialized departments are selected and the results thereof are recorded in student monitor and assessment record (by classes) in order to assess learning results of a subject according to Clause 1 Article 9 hereof as follows:

a) For subjects where assessment is conducted via feedback (does not include learning topics): choose twice each semester.

b) For subjects where assessment is conducted via both feedback and scores (does not include learning topics), choose regular assessment scores (hereinafter referred to as “DDGtx”) in each semester as follows:

- Subjects that have 35 lessons/school year: 2 DDGtx.

- Subjects that have from more than 35 lessons/school year to 70 lessons/school year: 3 DDGtx.

- Subjects that have more than 70 lessons/school year: 4 DDGtx.

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Hence, for each subject, students undergo multiple assessments. The 9th-grade Literature has over 70 lessons/year, necessitating 4 regular assessments.