Il riso come forma di resistenza

Thúy Hiền Lê

doi:10.6093/978-88-6719-328-8

Il riso come forma di resistenza: Umorismo letterario e visivo in Vietnam

Authors

Thúy Hiền Lê

Università of Naples L'Orientale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6719-328-8

Keywords:

Vietnamese Literature, Humour and Satire, Visual and Dramatic Arts, Humour Translation

Synopsis

Publisher: UniorPress

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 236

Language: Italian

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Abstract: The volume explores the multiple forms of humor present in Vietnamese literature, from its origins to the revolutionary era, drawing on examples from popular theater and visual arts. These pages clearly show how, for the Vietnamese people, laughter has been a crucial element in safeguarding their identity and independent spirit throughout a particularly troubled history. Peasants oppressed by extremely harsh living conditions and the arrogance of feudal lords and mandarins, women subjected to strict Confucian morals, and intellectuals powerless in the face of French colonial domination are among the protagonists of the works examined by the author. They embody a people who, through popular comedy, dark humor, and political and social satire, have left numerous accounts of a relationship with power that has never been entirely submissive—a relationship characterized by a resilience that allowed the Vietnamese not to succumb when facing the immense tragedies that swept their country during the twentieth century.

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Author Biography

Thúy Hiền Lê, Università of Naples L'Orientale

Lê Thúy Hiền teaches Vietnamese language and literature at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, where she completed her PhD in Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies. Her research spans literary translation, intercultural dynamics, and humor studies. She translated into Italian the Vietnamese satirical classic Il gioco indiscreto di Xuan (Số Đỏ, Vũ Trọng Phụng, 1936), and into Vietnamese works by notable Italian authors such as Carlo Collodi, Alberto Moravia, Oriana Fallaci, and Umberto Eco.