Novel in Southern Vietnam at the beginning of 20th century: Types and publicity forms

Abstract

The paper presented the types, the publicity forms of novels in southern Vietnam at the beginning of the 20th Century. The study emphasized on the typical characteristics of novels for the masses and its interactive relationship with publicity forms, readers and writers’ selection. The paper also affirms that the forms and contents of novels in the South are conceptive selection of southern novel writers during the early 20th Century.