THE ART OF EXAGGERATION IN EDE EPICS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIETNAM

Abstract

The Ede community in the Central Highlands of Vietnam has created famous epics, such as Dam
san, Khing Ju, Xinh Nha, ... These oral artworks is the result of collective production process,
which engages and directly serves various activities in community life. The Epic of Ede is a
literary genre. In addition to the literary and language values, it also contains valuable documents
about history, ideology and culture, customs and traditions of indigenous people. One of the
values of the Ede epic in terms of language is the use of exaggeration. The paper examines the
art of exaggeration in some typical Ede epics. It analyzes and explains the structure of the
exaggeration method and objecst related to the life of the ancient Ede people and the
characteristics of the community. At the same time, it also clarifies the value of the method of
exaggeration to the content of the work and cultural characteristics of the community.