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I. Purpose and requirements of summary biography

1. Purpose

- Summary biography is a document providing objective, truthful information about the basic aspects of an individual's life and career.

- The purpose of summary biography is to introduce readers, listeners to the life, career, and contributions of the person being discussed. Additionally, understanding the biography of writers, poets, we will have a better basis to understand their works.

2. Requirements

The summary biography must be accurate, truthful, concise, but must be able to outline the typical features of the life and career of the person being introduced.

II. Writing a summary biography

1. Select documents to write a summary biography

(page 54 Literature 11 Book 2): Read the text ...

a. The summary has recounted the main content of the biography of Luong The Vinh: personal background, main activities, and contributions to the country.

b. Specific, accurate, truthful, and typical of the selected documents:

- The information provided ensures objectivity, accuracy: year of birth, milestones in life, very clear quotations from scholar Le Quy Don.

- The writing is concise, the data provided is very clear and has a logical content structure ensuring the provision of the most concise and fundamental information about Luong The Vinh.

c. To prepare for writing a summary biography, the writer needs to collect relevant documents. These documents need to be truthful, accurate, complete, and typical.

2. Write a summary biography

(page 55 Literature 11 Book 2): Reread the text ...

- The writing includes contents: Personal background, human qualities (intelligence, dedication to the people, country...), evaluation of Luong The Vinh.

- Notes when writing evaluations about the person summarized:

+ Content concise, clear, accurate, typical.

+ The level of evaluation is objective, appropriate, and persuasive.

Practice

Question 1 (page 55 Literature 11 Book 2):

Cases requiring a summary biography: c, d.

Question 2 (page 55 Literature 11 Book 2):

- Similarities: can both write about a certain character.

- Differences:

+ The summary biography consists of four parts: personal background, social activities, contributions, evaluations. The style is concise, clear.

+ Eulogy: In addition to the summary biography of the deceased, there is also an additional section of condolences to the deceased and condolences to the family. The evaluation section is often longer and more detailed.

+ Curriculum vitae: There are many sections that need to be detailed compared to the summary biography such as family, social class, social relationships. The evaluation part here is self-evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the resume writer often requiring confirmation from the competent authority.

+ Explanation: Using the summary biography as a part, a document of the author's explanation, the expression carries emotional nuances.

Question 3 (page 55 Literature 11 Book 2):

Refer to the summary biography of writer Nam Cao:

Nam Cao

(1915 - 1951)

Nam Cao was born Tran Huu Tri. He was born in 1915 into a farmer family in Dai Hoang village, Cao Da commune, Nam Sang district, Li Nhan prefecture, Ha Nam province (now belongs to Hoa Hau commune, Li Nhan district, Ha Nam province).

Nam Cao was the only son in a large family who received a decent education. After finishing primary school, Nam Cao went to Saigon to work for a tailor and started writing literature. Then he got sick and returned to his hometown. For a while, Nam Cao taught at a private school in Hanoi. When the Japanese invaded Indochina, his school had to close. Nam Cao became unemployed and turned to writing. In 1943, he joined the cultural rescue association organized and led by the Communist Party. When the resistance war broke out (12 - 1946), Nam Cao went to work in propaganda in Ha Nam province. From 1947 onwards, he went to Viet Bac to continue writing newspapers, propaganda for the resistance. In 1950, he participated in the Border campaign. In November 1951, Nam Cao sacrificed when he was on a mission behind enemy lines.

Before the August Revolution, Nam Cao's works revolved around the lives of poor intellectual peasants and poor farmers. Regardless of the theme, his works also showed the poignant pain before the degradation of human morality, the destruction of human nature. Through his works, Nam Cao criticized the contemporary inhumane society. After the August Revolution, he wrote some works: Doi Mat, O Rung, Chuyen Bien Gioi... those were valuable works of revolutionary prose at that time.

In the modern prose of our country, Nam Cao is a talented writer with a unique style. He has contributed significantly to the renovation of Vietnamese prose towards modernization.

I. Purpose and requirements of summary biography

II. Writing a summary biography

Summary biography of scholar ″Luong The Vinh″ (Textbook-P. 54)

- The summary biography consists of 4 parts:

+ Personal background: full name, alias, hometown.

+ Main activities: milestones: from childhood, under 20 years old, 21 years old...

+ Main contributions: in mathematics, literature, art,...

+ General evaluation: skilled in many fields, talent, outstanding reputation (Le Quy Don).

- The selected documents: specific, accurate, truthful, typical of the background and life of Luong The Vinh:

+ Clearly state full name, hometown, milestones.

+ Specific evidence: Book “Great mathematics”, “Biographies of talent”...

- Accurate, comprehensive, objective evaluation:

+ Compare with contemporary scholars.

+ Based on the evaluation of Le Quy Don.

Practice

Question 1 (Page 55 Literature 11 Book 2):

- Cases of writing a summary biography: c,d

- Remaining cases:

a- writing an explanatory document.

b- writing a curriculum vitae.

e- writing a eulogy.

Question 2 (Page 55 Literature 11 Book 2):

- Similarities:
Summary biography, eulogy, curriculum vitae, introduction, explanation for writing about a certain character.
- Differences:
+ Summary biography and eulogy: differ in purpose, communication context
+ Eulogy is read during the funeral in addition to the deceased's biography, also has: words of condolences to the family, mourning for the deceased…
+ Curriculum vitae:
+ Curriculum vitae written by oneself, summary biography written by others
+ Administrative documents, usually have fixed forms, the content usually emphasizes on personal background, relationships
+ Curriculum vitae needs confirmation from the competent authority
+ Summary biography and introduction, explanation: introduction, explanation documents, with a broader target (people, objects, landmarks…)

Question 3 (Page 55 Literature 11 Book 2):

Summary biography: Ho Chi Minh

- Ho Chi Minh (1890 – 1969), birth name Nguyen Sinh Cung; village Kim Lien (Sen village), commune Kim Lien, district Nam Dan, Nghe An province.

- In his early years, He came from a patriotic Confucian family, his father was the deputy magistrate Nguyen Sinh Sac. Before joining the revolutionary activities, He studied Han script, then studied at Hue National School, taught at Duc Thanh school (Phan Thiet).

- On June 5, 1911, he left to find a way to save the country.

- In 1919, he sent a petition of the Annam people to the Versailles Conference, signed as Nguyen Ai Quoc.

- In 1920, he attended the Tours Congress and was one of the founders of the French Communist Party.

- From 1923 – 1941: mainly active in China, the Soviet Union, Thailand.

- In 1941, he returned home to lead the revolutionary movement. After the successful August Revolution 1945, he was elected as the president and led the revolutionary movement to glorious victories.

- On September 2, 1969, Ho Chi Minh passed away.

- Representative works: Declaration of Independence; The Will and Testament of Varen and Phan Boi Chau; Prison Diary…