THE TRANSFOMATION OF LITERARY LANGUAGE INTO SPEECH IN “THE TALE OF KIEU” BY NGUYEN DU

Abstract

One principle of creating literary texts is to transform speech (daily communicative spoken forms) into literary sentences. This transformation is by nature difficult, for it depends on a lot of elements. Once the literary sentences have been formed, the writer desires to make them become speech (with an elevated style) to be blended easily into daily human communication; however, few writer have succeeded in doing this. According to the pattern of epistemology in V.Lénin’s view, the cycle is: literary sentences - speech - elevated speech . In “The Tale of Kieu”, Nguyen Du was able to transform numerous sentences into elevated speech. This proves that Nguyen Du’s special talent is outstandingly distinctive not only in Viet Nam but also in the world.