Narrative poetry of the ethnicites Kinh, Tay and Thai through the comparative perspective of the poem “Brave man kills beasts”

Abstract

Ethnicities Kinh, Tay, Thai used their traditional script to write immortal  literary works that have remained so far. It is poetic genre: Kinh ethnic community composed Nom narrative poetries in seven-seven-six-eight-versed, Tay ethnicity  made Nom narrative poetries in seven-word-versed saga, and Thai ethnicity used their own old script to create narrative poetries in free verses. Such special literary part certainly contributed to literary increasing history of each community in particular, and to Vietnamese literature history in general.  In order to examine Vietnamese general literature of Kinh, Tay, Thai narrative poetries, the writing selects stories that are similar plot on the brave man kills beasts, to analyse and make some comments on the cultural and literary interaction between Kinh, Tay and Thai ethnicities in the North  of Vietnam.