THEME OF LOVE IN SOUTHERN URBAN POETRY - VIETNAM (1954 – 1975)

Researching the theme of love in urban poetry in the South of Vietnam from 1954 to 1975 aims to help readers understand more about the personal consciousness or ego of Vietnamese people in poetry. Studying the theme of love in urban poetry in the South of Vietnam by studying some expressions of distant and lonely love, anxious and skeptical love, love for sexual life, love for spiritual life associated with Eastern thoughts and culture from Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, as well as Western culture through Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, etc. This article contributes to exploring the reflection of the reality of life as well as the human soul in a special period of Vietnamese literature through the theme of love, the thoughts of poets, helping readers understand their autobiography and talent by reflecting the world of human souls, contributing to enriching the world of Vietnamese poetry in the period of 1954 to 1975.