Nguyễn Đổng Chi - Nhà sưu tầm, khảo cứu văn học dân gian từ thực tiễn đến Lý luận

Abstract

Nguyen Dong Chi - collector and researcher of folklore literature from applied science to theory Professor Nguyen Dong Chi is one of the foremost experts on Vietnamese folklore literature. One of his important contribution to the Vietnamese folklore literature that must be mentioned is his work "Treasures of Vietnamese Folklore Literature" in 5 volumes "Folk Songs of Nghe Tinh". In order to achieve to write such a precious scientific work, Professor Nguyen Dong Chi by himself collected and researched on folklore literature in the life of his fellow countrymen in a pure scientific way. By doing so he also contributed to the Vietnamese folklore literature a methodical system for the research on it. His approach had been formed and applied in the 1940s. It is an astonishing coincidence that his thinking and approach was similarly used by other schools in the world, especially with the background movement that was applied in the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s in the United States. Therefore we can say that Professor Nguyen Dong Chi is a pioneer in studying folklore in many aspects, combining theory with practice cleverly and precisely. This article describes all these aspects in order to explain his success in the academic world. From there we can take a precious scientific lesson for all those who study folklore literature.