"a throw of a knife", "the time it takes for it to eat a handful of tapioca flour and steamed deer antlers" . That estimation image can only belong to the Muong people because it is closely associated with their material life. The use of familiar comparative and estimation images in the thinking of the Muong people by writers has evoked the unique atmosphere of their ethnic cultural identity. The image of "a handful of tapioca flour and steamed deer antlers" is very familiar in the daily life of the Muong people, just like the sound of the "gong" in the work of Bui Minh Chuc. To describe the girl's sudden love, Bui Minh Chuc did not say "love at first sight" in the Kinh way , but instead used the sound of the "gong" familiar in the spiritual life of the Muong people. To estimate the width of a lim column, the Muong people have a specific way of estimating: "a lim column is enough for a local man to hug around" [1, p. 53]. And the length of the cang makes it easier for readers to imagine through the estimated saying "the cang is so long that it stretches for five rooms, and a person lying down to sleep still has enough width left" [1, p.11]. Thinking about old age in his mind, Hao thinks of the old bươn tree: "Hào feels like a child who has not yet grown up but has already become as old and decrepit as the bươn tree in his garden" [3, p.52]. Because life is closely linked to daily work and very unique living habits in the lives of the mountain people, their way of thinking also bears a strong regional mark. The estimated and comparative images in Hà Thị Cẩm Anh's works bear the soul of Mường culture.
*Summary:
In general, Ha Thi Cam Anh's works both inherit the traditional artistic elements of Muong folk literature and have breakthroughs and creativity. The writer's first works bear the familiar imprint of the literary art of ethnic minorities such as: happy endings, plots organized in linear time order, characters built with good-bad polarization and mainly depicted in appearance, language that tends toward intuitive thinking, emotion, rich in specific comparisons. However, to gain a position
In the hearts of readers, each writer must constantly explore, discover, and create. With the passion of a person who loves the profession and a deep love for the homeland, Ha Thi Cam Anh's pen is increasingly mature in the following short story collections. Besides inheriting traditional artistic elements, the writer has innovated in the writing style of modern stories. Many of the writer's short stories have open endings, plot twists, reversals, the appearance of two-faced characters, and pay attention to exploiting the inner world of the characters. The creativity in the art of writing short stories by Ha Thi Cam Anh has contributed to affirming the writer's position in the literature of modern Vietnamese ethnic minorities.
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It can be said that Ha Thi Cam Anh's works are imbued with Muong cultural identity. The writer's writings are filled with feelings for her homeland. Although Ha Thi Cam Anh now lives in the city, the Muong land is still closely attached to the writer. The image of the Muong homeland imprinted in the author's childhood still appears fresh and alive. The writer must have a deep love for her homeland for her writings to be so deeply emotional when writing about the life, people and nature of Muong Thanh Hoa.
Ha Thi Cam Anh's works are imbued with Muong cultural identity in both content and artistic form. However, Muong cultural identity is expressed more strongly in content than in artistic form. In terms of content, Muong cultural imprints are deeply expressed in the source of inspiration about people, customs, habits, and nature bearing strong regional imprints. People often say that short stories are slices of life. If we put those slices together in Ha Thi Cam Anh's works, we will have a complete picture of the life of the Muong people in the process of transformation to come to light with different colors. That picture of life has peaceful moments for the writer to contemplate the poetic, lyrical nature, bearing strong regional imprints and close to human life. But that picture will be soulless and empty without people. Therefore, besides the pages about nature, Ha Thi Cam Anh's works also clearly show a gentle and affectionate view when writing about human fate. Traveling on each piece of land of Muong Vang, Muong Do, Muong Bi..., readers see the image of Muong people with beautiful souls and diverse personalities. It seems that the more difficult life is, the more stormy it is, the more resilient, resilient, and steadfast the Muong people are. Reading Ha Thi Cam Anh's works
Thi Cam Anh, we understand more clearly the beauty of the Muong people, the sincerity, the loyalty, the kindness, the sacrifice and the community spirit. The writer has awakened noble feelings in the readers' souls. It seems that she always understands that the noble mission of a writer is to nurture beauty and goodness in order to push back the bad and evil.
Ha Thi Cam Anh's works are imbued with cultural identity, not only in the source of inspiration about people, nature, and traditional cultural values of the nation, but also in art. Reading Ha Thi Cam Anh's works, we can see the strong influence of traditional folk literature. By bringing the system of words associated with people and life of the Muong people into the writing, using language with a strong epic imprint combined with building polarized characters along two lines of good and evil, building a plot with a happy ending, Ha Thi Cam Anh has turned back the clock so that readers can return to the soul of epics, myths, ancient stories and Muong folk songs.
Although some of Ha Thi Cam Anh's writings are fierce, rough, and rugged when exposing the painful reality of injustice and injustice in life, the depth of each sentence is still a heart-wrenching cry for human fate and the fate of the homeland. The writer is heartbroken by the traditional cultural values of her homeland that are bleeding, and grieved when nature is destroyed. It can be said that Ha Thi Cam Anh has found a solid support for her works, which is the source of Muong folk culture and literature. Although she has that universal key to open the door to the world of art, she does not follow the beaten path of her predecessors but still brings to her works a color that is both traditional and modern. Many short stories have demonstrated the writer's exploration, exploration, and creativity in the art of expression such as: the zigzag inversion structure contributes to expressing the character's life realistically, specifically with the disturbed periods of life; some characters have
dual personality. Many of the writer's writings draw the reader into the character's train of thought through the use of semi-direct speech, monologue.
If the writer's first writings were less verbose and the plots less rosy like fairy tales, Ha Thi Cam Anh's works would have achieved more success. Many of the writer's writings need to be lighter, more soaring, and more romantic to avoid bringing a heavy feeling to the reader. There are some of her short stories that, after reading, make the reader feel tense and heavy-hearted. At the same time, the art of describing the inner thoughts of the characters also needs to be more subtle and profound. Anyway, we know that no writer can achieve all the expectations of the readers. Therefore, besides some of those limitations, we cannot deny Ha Thi Cam Anh's contributions to modern ethnic minority prose.
In the current context, when the trend of integration and globalization is taking place strongly all over the world, preserving the national identity of each country and ethnic group is more important than ever. Ha Thi Cam Anh has sounded the alarm bell in the hearts of every Muong child to appreciate the national cultural identity, the cultural beauty that has been created and preserved by our ancestors for generations.
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