COMPARATIVE RHETORIC IN SOME EPICS OF THE EDE PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM

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NGUYEN MINH HOAT, NGUYEN THI THANH HUYEN

Abstract

The Ede epic is a part of the epic of the Central Highlands, Vietnam, created by the Ede people in the early period of history. This is a genre filled with fictional, beautiful colors; its language has rhymes, and rhythms, describing heroic feats in labor and combat; monumental and majestic images of major events taking place in the life of the community. The epic of Ede comprehensively reflects the economic, and social life and customs of Ede people. It, simultaneously, expresses a desire of the nation for a happy and prosperous life; praises love, nobility, and human courage before the trials of nature and in the struggle against evil. On the basis of the theory of comparative and rhetorical comparison; the structure of rhetorical comparison, the article studies the art of rhetorical comparison in some epics: Dam San, Xing Nha, Khing Ju of the Ede people in the Central Highlands of Vietnam; Clarifying the elements of rhetorical comparison, such as: The element to be compared; Comparative aspect factor; Comparative relation elements – comparative words; Comparative factor. Thereby clarifying the value of the art of rhetorical comparison in the Ede epic for the content of the work and showing the cultural features of the Ede people in ancient times.

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Author Biography

NGUYEN MINH HOAT, NGUYEN THI THANH HUYEN

NGUYEN MINH HOAT1, NGUYEN THI THANH HUYEN2

Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam1

University of Finance – Marketing, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam2

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