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Self-Reliant Literary Association
The Self-Reliant Literary Group (, chữ Hán: 自力文團, ) was a literary group in Tonkin during the 1930s. History The Tự Lực văn đoàn was an influential literary collective founded in 1932-1933 by Nhất Linh and Khái Hưng. They were one of the most significant political and literary movements in twentieth-century Vietnam and published significantly via their two journals, ''Phong Hóa'' (Mores, 1932–1936) and ''Ngày Nay'' (Today, 1936–1940, 1945) as well as their own publishing house (Đời Nay). The group used these journals and novels to articulate their social and political ideals, as well as experiment with new literary forms such as the groundbreaking Thơ mới, Thơ mới (New Poetry Movement), new modes of reportage, and the modern autobiography. The group promoted modernization and Westernization, rejecting Confucianism, Confucian traditions which they deemed anachronistic. Tự Lực văn đoàn's core members included Nhất Linh, Khái Hưng, Hoàng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhất Linh
Nguyễn Tường Tam (; chữ Hán: 阮祥三 or 阮祥叄; Cẩm Giàng, Hải Dương 25 July 1906 – Saigon, 7 July 1963) better known by his pen-name Nhất Linh (, 一灵, "One Spirit") was a Vietnamese writer, editor and publisher in colonial Hanoi. He founded the literary group and publishing house Tự Lực Văn Đoàn ("Self-Strengthening Literary Group") in 1932 with the literary magazines ''Phong Hóa'' ("Customs", or "Mores") and ''Ngày Nay'' ("Today"), and serialized, then published, many of the influential realism-influenced novels of the 1930s. In 1935, Nguyễn published a satirical and fictional travelogue about his time in France, ''Going to the West'' (Đi Tây). His aim was to show that the French colonialists did not grant to the working classes in Vietnam the same rights they accorded to workers in France. In addition to Nhất Linh, scholars have noted that the many Vietnamese westernized elites returning from France had been embracing the French “id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
