What contents are included in grade 12 students' literature curriculum in Vietnam?

What contents are included in grade 12 students' literature curriculum in Vietnam?

Based on Subsection 2, Section 5 of the general education curriculum for Literature issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, grade 12 students study the following contents in Literature:

*VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

- Preservation and development of Vietnamese language

- Logical errors, ambiguous sentence errors, and how to correct them

- Rhetorical measures particularly sarcasm and paradox: characteristics and effects

- Types of texts and genres

+ Persuasive texts: the role of arguments, reasoning, and evidence; the writer's purpose, emotions, and viewpoints; methods to enhance affirmation and negation in persuasive texts;methods of argumentation and expressive language; speeches in the inauguration of a movement or social activity; essays on issues related to young people; comparative essays evaluating two literary works of the same or different genres

+ Informational texts: the value of the topic, the main information of the text; types of data and the reliability of data; business correspondence; reports of project results or research results on a natural or social issue

- Respecting and protecting intellectual property rights in study and research

- Basic characteristics of formal and informal language: understanding and applying

- Non-verbal communication means: images, figures, charts, diagrams, etc.

*LITERATURE KNOWLEDGE

- Cognitive, educational, and aesthetic functions of literature

- The alignment between themes, ideas, and main inspirations

- Some manifestations of artistic style in folk literature, medieval literature, modern literature, realistic tendencies, and romanticism; the artistic style of authors

- Some elements of the supernatural tale, novels (modern and post-modern), modern lyrical poetry, comedy, and memoirs

+ Supernatural tales: topics, characters, language, artistic techniques; evaluating the role of the supernatural elements in supernatural tales, relating to their role in folk tales

+ Novels (modern and post-modern): language, psychological progression, actions of characters

+ Modern lyrical poetry: language, images, symbols, elements of symbolism, and surrealism

+ Comedy: language, characters, situations, satirical techniques

+ Reports, diaries, or memoirs: non-fiction nature, description, narrative; combination of realistic details and events with the author's experiences, attitudes, and evaluations

- Psychological developments of characters and ways to portray character psychology by the writer

- The relationship of the narrator, perspective in expressing the theme of the text

- Basic knowledge about Ho Chi Minh that aids in comprehending several representative works by this author

- An overview of literary history and the role of background knowledge in comprehending literary texts

What contents are included in grade 12 students' literature curriculum in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What literary materials are used for grade 12 students in Vietnam?

According to Subsection 2, Section 5 of the general education curriculum for Literature issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the literary materials used for grade 12 Literature include:

(1). Literary texts

- Supernatural tales, modern short stories, and novels

- Modern lyrical poetry

- Comedy

- Reports, diaries, or memoirs

(2). Persuasive texts

- Social commentary

- Literary criticism

(3). Informational texts

- Explanatory texts incorporating one or more elements like description, narration, expression, persuasion

- Research reports, business correspondence

What poetry, narrative poetry, ode, and eulogies are applied in the grade 12 Literature curriculum in Vietnam?

Based on Section 9 of the general education curriculum for Literature issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the poetry, narrative poetry, ode, and eulogies applied in the grade 12 Literature curriculum include:

- "Xuat duong luu biet" (Phan Boi Chau)

- "Bai ca ngat nguong" (Nguyen Cong Tru)

- "Bao kinh canh gioi so 43" (Nguyen Trai)

- "Ben kia song Duong" (Hoang Cam)

- "Bich Cau ki ngo" (Nom narrative poem, Anonymous)

- "Chieu bien gioi" (Lo Ngan Sun)

- "Chinh phu ngam" (Dang Tran Con - Doan Thi Diem)

- "Dau chan qua trang co" or "Dan ghi ta cua Lorca" (Thanh Thao)

- "Dat nuoc" (Nguyen Dinh Thi)

- "Day thon Vi Da" (Han Mac Tu)

- "Doc Tieu Thanh ki" (Nguyen Du)

- "Hoang Hac lau tong Manh Hao Nhien chi Quang Lang" (Li Bai)

- "Linh dao hat tinh ca tren dao" (Tran Dang Khoa)

- "Nhan" (Nguyen Binh Khiem)

- "Nho" (Nong Quoc Chan)

- "Noi vong tay lon" or "Nho mua thu Ha Noi" (Trinh Cong Son, lyrics)

- "Phu song Bach Dang" (Truong Han Sieu)

- "Que huong" (Giang Nam)

- "Sa hanh doan ca" (Cao Ba Quat)

- "Song" (Xuan Quynh)

- "Xong chu xon xao" (Thai narrative poem)

- "Tam biet Hue" (Thu Bon)

- "Tang pham cua dong song" (Inrasara)

- "Tay Tien" (Quang Dung)

- "Thu dieu," "Thu am," "Thu vinh," "Ong nghe thang Tam" (Nguyen Khuyen)

- "Thu hung 1" (first poem) or "Dang cao" (Du Fu)

- "Tinh ca ban mai" or "Tieng hat con tau" (Che Lan Vien)

- "Toi yeu em" (A. Puskin)

- "Trang giang" (Huy Can)

- "Truyen Kieu" (Nom narrative poem, Nguyen Du)

- "Tu ay," "Viet Bac," "Ta di toi" (To Huu)

- "Tu do" (P. Eluard)

- "Tu tinh 2" (Ho Xuan Huong)

- "Van te nghia si Can Giuoc," "Chay Tay" (Nguyen Dinh Chieu)

- "Voi vang," "Nguyet cam," "Tho duyen" (Xuan Dieu)

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