Sự Gặp Gỡ giữa Phương Đông và Phương Tây về Con Người Chán Chường trong Khúc Ngâm Trung Đại Việt Nam với Quan Niệm về Con Người của Chủ Nghĩa Hiện Sinh

Abstract

Existentialism emerged and developed in the West from the late 19th to the early 20th century, focusing primarily on human beings and their rights to live. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Vietnamese medieval laments depicted humans with a profound inner world where the weary human was a prominent figure. This paper applies various methods, including interdisciplinary research, historical-specific methods and comparative methods, to delve into the intersection between East and West regarding the weary human in medieval Vietnamese laments and the existentialist conception of humanity, which are conducted through two specific aspects: the weary human in the monotony of daily life and the weary human in the coldness of others. As a result, the paper concludes that a weary mood is a positive expression as it represents the human aspiration to bounce back, striving to escape the mundane life and the indifference of others.