TTLV: Cultural norms regarding love and marriage in Vietnamese folk songs

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN THANH TRANG

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: June 10, 1985

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on student admission No. 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 28, 2012, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:Cultural norms regarding love and marriage in Vietnamese folk songs.

8. Major: Folklore; Code: 60 22 01 25

9. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Vu Anh Tuan – Head of the Department of Vietnamese Folklore and Medieval Literature – Faculty of Literature, Hanoi Pedagogical University

10. Summary of the thesis results:

(Summarize the results of the thesis, emphasizing any new findings.).

- This thesis studies the cultural aspects of love and marriage, particularly in Vietnamese folk songs, as these are existential issues that raise many concerns in real life. Folk songs about free love, the right to life of human beings, especially women, and those demanding fairness and resistance against oppression and injustice are all skillful ways in which our ancestors demanded the right to have their voices heard. Examining folk songs about love and marriage will help present-day readers discover the treasure trove of our ancestors' approaches to these timeless issues. This is also an academic approach, and one that is for the sake of academics.

- This thesis explores the underlying themes reflected in folk songs through a survey of folk poetry. Folk songs frequently employ metaphors, similes, metonymy, wordplay, and other evocative language, especially those about love. This is because, in the past, under the influence of Confucianism, love was not expressed directly but always subtly and skillfully. Therefore, by delving into folk songs about love, people of that era learned sophisticated yet simple ways of using words, constructing sentences, and expressing ideas. Furthermore, folk songs about love and marriage in the South and North of Vietnam are not entirely the same. People of different ages express their feelings in different ways. Therefore, reading folk songs helps us understand the behaviors and cultural beauty of each region across the country. In summary, folk songs about love and marriage, regardless of region or age group, are a treasure trove of ancient customs and behaviors that deserve study. They will all help to recreate the spiritual life of people in the past.

- This thesis contributes to fostering education for high school students, especially junior high school students, on appropriate behavior, as they are at an age where their personalities are developing. Studying and understanding behavior in folk songs, particularly those about love and marriage, will help students grasp the ways of behaving in the past. From there, they can adjust their attitudes, behaviors, and approaches to love in modern life.

- The teaching job of secondary school teachers requires a thorough understanding of folk songs, especially those about love and marriage, in order to develop correct feelings and thoughts and guide their students. The body of knowledge about folk songs in secondary schools is quite extensive. Therefore, this thesis aims to improve the professional skills and breadth of knowledge for teachers.

11. Practical applications:

This topic also has practical significance for the teaching of folklore literature by Vietnamese language teachers and for educating students in civilized and elegant lifestyles in junior high schools.

12. Future research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYỄN THANH TRANG. 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: June 10, 1985 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH Dated December 28, 2012 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:The Behavioral Culture of Love and Marriage in Vietnamese Folk Verses.

8. Major: Folk Literature 9. Code: 60 22 01 25

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Vu Anh Tuan - Head of Vietnamese Folk Literature and Medieval Literature – Falculty of Philology – Hanoi National University of Education.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis studies the behavioral culture of love and marriage, especially love and marriage expressed in Vietnamese folk verses because this is an existential nature, posing a variety of concerns in our real life. Those folk verses about free love, the right to live of human beings, especially those of women's; The folk verses which demand justice and struggle against oppression and injustice are very skillful behavior of the ancient people to claim their voices heard.

Conducting the survey on Vietnamese folk verses about love and marriage helps present people explore the treasure of ancient behavior toward forever problems. It is also an anonymous way for academic and scholarly purposes.

- Through the survey of popular Vietnamese folk verses about love and marriage, hidden messages have been discovered because metaphor, comparison, metonymy, and paronomasia are usually used, especially in folk verses about love. This is because in ancient times under the influence of Confucianism, love was not directly expressed, but was always said in a tactful and clever way. Therefore, studying deeper into the folk verses about love, contemporary people learn how to use words, sentences and expressions in an academic, but still very simple way.

Besides, folk verses about love and marriage of Vietnamese people in the South and those in the North are not quite the same. At different ages, people also express their feelings in different ways. Therefore, reading the folk verses helps us understand more about the behaviors and the cultural beauty of each region in our country. However, in general achievement, folk verses about love and marriage, whether in any public domain, of any age are still a treasure of ancient human behavior that should be studied because they all reconstruct the spiritual life of the ancients.

- The thesis contributes to fostering education for high school students, especially junior high school students on how to behave because they are at the ages of forming their personalities. The study on the behavior in Vietnamese folk verses, especially folk verses about love and marriage will help them get an understanding of the behavior of the ancients, which in turn, helps to adjust their attitude, behavior and especially their behavior toward love in our modern life.

- More importantly, the work of teachers teaching at schools requires mastery of Vietnamese folk verses, especially knowledge about marital love. This will help them have a suitable feeling and right thinking, so that teachers can guide their students to follow appropriate directions. In addition, knowledge about Vietnamese folk verses in schools also makes up a significant proportion in that about literature; Therefore, the thesis aids to improve professional and all-embracing knowledge for teachers.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

This thesis topic has practical implications for teaching folk literature of philological teachers and educating elegant civilized lifestyle for students in junior high school.

13. Further research directions, if any: None.

14. Thesis-related publications: None.