Vietnam: What is the significance of the 'Salt of the Forest' imagery in the 12th-grade Literature curriculum? What are the required literary competencies for 12th-grade students?

What is the significance of the 'Salt of the Forest' imagery in the 12th-grade Literature curriculum in Vietnam?

The 'Salt of the Forest' imagery in the short story of the same name by Nguyen Huy Thiep is not merely a simple detail but also contains multiple profound layers of meaning, contributing to the distinct artistic value of the work.

Note: The information about the significance of the "Salt of the Forest" imagery in the 12th-grade Literature curriculum is for reference only./.

What is the significance of the 'Salt of the Forest' imagery in the 12th-grade Literature curriculum in Vietnam? What are the required literary competencies for 12th-grade students? (Image from the Internet)

What are the required literary competencies for 12th-grade students in Vietnam?

Under Section 4 of the Appendix to the General Education Program for Literature issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the required literary competencies for 12th-grade students in Vietnam are stipulated as follows:

- Analyze and evaluate literary texts based on an understanding of artistic style and literary history. Recognize the characteristics of literary imagery and some distinctions between literary imagery and other forms of artistic imagery (painting, music, architecture, sculpture);

- Analyze and evaluate the ideological content and how such content is expressed in a literary text; recognize and analyze the characteristics of literary language, narratives, plots, and storytelling methods;

- Recognize and analyze some characteristics of artistic styles in folk, medieval, and modern literature; the artistic style of some prominent authors and works.

- Summarize key points about the history of national literature (development process, major themes and topics, major authors, works; some content and form values of national literature) and apply this understanding in reading literary works.

- Create certain types of literary texts that demonstrate the ability to express emotions and ideas through aesthetically pleasing words.

What is the first academic topic in the 12th-grade Literature curriculum in Vietnam?

Under Section 5 of the Appendix to the General Education Program for Literature issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the academic topics in 12th-grade literature are stipulated as follows:

Academic topic

Topic 12.1: STUDY AND WRITE A REPORT ON MODERN AND POSTMODERN LITERARY MATTERS

- Understand the requirements and methods of researching a matter.

- Be able to write a research report.

- Understand and apply some knowledge from the Topic to read, understand, and write about modern and postmodern literature.

- Be able to present a modern, postmodern literary matters explored.

Topic 12.2: UNDERSTAND A WORK OF ART ADAPTED FROM LITERATURE

- Understand what it means to adapt a literary work.

- Be able to research, introduce, and present about an artwork adapted from literature.

- Identify the concept and approach to adapting a literary work.

Topic 12.3: UNDERSTAND THE CREATIVE STYLE OF A LITERARY MOVEMENT: CLASSICAL, REALISM, OR ROMANTICISM

- Recognize the creative style of a literary movement through some fundamental characteristics.

- Understand the requirements and methods of exploring the creative style of a literary movement.

- Be able to write an introduction about the creative style of a literary movement.

- Apply knowledge from the Topic to explore the creative style of another literary movement.

- Be able to present the creative style of a literary movement.

Thus, according to the above regulation, the first academic topic in the 12th-grade Literature curriculum is Topic 12.1: STUDY AND WRITE A REPORT ON MODERN AND POSTMODERN LITERARY MATTERS.