Scientific seminar on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the national resistance war

The 3rd floor auditorium, building E with nearly 200 seats was filled with teachers and students from the departments of Linguistics, Literature, and Vietnamese Studies. Also attending the discussion were veteran teacher, senior history professor Vu Duong Ninh, Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Principal of the school, along with representatives of the Board of Directors of the departments of Literature, Linguistics, History, Philosophy, the school's Veterans Association and many newspapers and radio stations from the Central and Hanoi.

At the beginning of the discussion, Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh expressed his gratitude to author Huu Dat, the author of the epic poem, and all the teachers, speakers of the discussion, especially the student audience, who, according to the Principal, play a particularly important role. According to him, similar forms of discussion like this will contribute significantly to fostering the ideals of generations of students, the future owners of the country, to understand more fully and deeply the glorious history of the nation.

Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities) spoke at the seminar

Confessions about the process of forming the epic poem - historyThe Ten Thousand Day War, teacher - poet Huu Dat confided that his inspiration came from the heroic history of the nation. His generation was born and raised during two wars, the losses, pain and indomitable courage of the Vietnamese people moved him to write. As a poet, but also a teacher, he expressed his gratitude to the generations of fathers and brothers, those who made the feat of a time, contributing significantly to the expulsion of two great empires, France and America.The Ten Thousand Day Waris structured in 12 chapters, starting with “Autumn Aspiration” (chapter 1), through “National Resistance Day” (chapter 2), “Forever Dien Bien” (chapter 3), “When We Grow Up” (chapter 4), “Historical Confrontation” (chapter 5), “Mothers” (chapter 6), “University” (chapter 7), “Villages” (chapter 8), “The Last Battle” (chapter 9), “The Country Transforms” (chapter 10), “Challenges” (chapter 11) and finally the chapter titled “Our Generation” (chapter 12).

The speakers participating in the discussion, representing scientists from the faculties of Literature, History, and Linguistics, focused on discussing the successes in the content and form of the epic poem. History professor Vu Duong Ninh said that there is no better way to convey historical lessons through attractive and memorable verses like in Huu Dat's epic poem. Lecturer Tran Hinh focused on analyzing the successes in terms of form of the epic poem through the structure and writing style of the author's pictorial poetry. With the same idea, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hoa added the system of imagery in the epic poem as a symbol of long-standing traditional culture. From this system of symbols, the poet wants to convey that the victory of the Vietnamese people is the victory of national culture over colonial culture and American-style pragmatic culture. This is the depth in Huu Dat's pictorial poetry. Associate Professor Dr. Pham Thanh Hung related to visual poetry in England and affirmed that the visual poems in the epic poemThe Ten Thousand Day Warby Huu Dat was written very elaborately. That is also a remarkable success of the author. Teacher Bui Viet Thang emphasized that he liked the intimate, whispering voice, the affectionate poems of Huu Dat. Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Long did not go straight into the epic poem, but through interesting stories during diplomatic trips with some Americans, about how the two sides understood each other's war, we can see all the contributions of the literature about war. A speaker representing students, very young people sitting in school, in addition to feeling the appeal of the epic poem, also expressed the feelings of today's generation towards the heroic history of the nation through the poems of teacher Huu Dat.

Teacher Bui Viet Thang comments on the poem of Dr. Nguyen Huu Dat

Dr. Nguyen Quang Lieu, Head of the Department of Politics and Student Affairs, and also a veteran, affirmed that although he did not know much about the epic poem, after reading and listening to the opinions in the discussion, he deeply understood the heart and talent of the writer. As the person in charge of political work and student affairs, and the person directly responsible for organizing this discussion, he affirmed once again that this is a very useful activity for the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi.

Dr. Nguyen Quang Lieu comments on the epic poem The Ten Thousand Day War

Delegates attending the seminar took souvenir photos with Dr. Nguyen Huu Dat