I AND THEY (MINH VA HO) BY NGUYEN BINH PHUONG AND PARANOIA (HOANG TAM) BY NGUYEN DINH TU – FROM HAUNTING BY WAR

Authors

  • Pham Khanh Duy School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Can Tho University, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejls.v4i1.385

Keywords:

haunting by war, the Northern border war, the Southwest border war, psychanalysis

Abstract

Border war literature (including the Northern border war and the Southwest border war) has made an important contribution to the development of modern Vietnamese literature. In this article, we explore the hauntings of war in two typical novels of the above literature: I and They (Minh va Ho) (Nguyen Binh Phuong) and Paranoia (Hoang tam) (Nguyen Dinh Tu). With the inspiration of psychoanalytic theory, we deeply analyze the obsessions of war crimes, the loneliness of people during and after the war. Through this, we have a deeper insight into the issue of the human being, the spiritual life of the human being, and the relationship between the individual person and the social person.

Author Biography

  • Pham Khanh Duy, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Can Tho University, Vietnam

    Mr. Pham Khanh Duy, Humanities & Social Sciences (SSSH), Can Tho University (CTU), Vietnam. He was born in Ca Mau province, studied and worked in Can Tho City. He is a famous young writer in the Mekong Delta and a literary researcher. He graduated with a master’s degree in Vietnamese literature from Can Tho University (course 27). Besides, he has written more than twenty scientific articles and published more than ten literary and research works. In 2023, he will publish his work on The Southwest Border War from the Perspective of Psychoanalytic Theory in Vietnam. He can be contacted at duygiangviennguvan@gmail.com.

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Published

2022-11-18

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022)

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