The world of art in Vi Hong's novels

up ”. He returned to his hometown, divorced his wife with the dream of finding happiness for his life, but failed. He was “ really depressed. Sadness ran to his four legs, four arms weighed down like carrying four stones” .

Another spring has come, “ the spring when Hoang is twenty-eight years old ”, everyone mourns for Hoang, because “ he is a single man but perhaps will never get married ”. From Hanoi, he returns to his hometown, but not to celebrate Tet but to find Phong slu, “ the wonderful soul of his beloved father ”. And also in that spring, he meets Bang again - the girl he loves. They are attached to each other, dissolve into each other and they “ love each other between the earth and the sky, between the colors of spring ”. It can be said that the title of the novel partly summarizes the endless suffering that Hoang has to endure throughout his childhood and adulthood. Those are “speaking” milestones of time.

The events in the personal life of the character Hoang are counted according to the linear flow of time, each beat is heavy: the year Hoang was 12 years old, 13 years old, the end of middle school, after four years of high school, the summer of the second year, the end of the fourth year, another spring comes... Indeed, the months and years can speak - the time can speak - it talks about the endless, endless suffering of the character Hoang...

Also told chronologically, Thu Khoan in The River of Tears appeared at the age of ten: “ Little Thu Khoan was ten years old... hearing sad stories, she easily cried, loved animals, loved even the trees and blades of grass” . She often went to Vang Nam abyss to play and met Kim Cong on a dugout canoe. From then on, “ Thu Khoan and Kim Cong were attached to each other like a shadow ”.

By the time Thu Khoan was fourteen, her parents had grown up and forbade her from playing with Kim Cong anymore. They had to say goodbye and “ exchanged glances filled with passionate love .”

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At the age of nineteen, Thu Khoan was forced to marry Kin Xa. After a few days of marriage, Kin Xa turned off the opium table and smoked opium. All the family's wealth went down the pipe within two years. When he ran out of money, Kin Xa went begging. After nearly a year, he sold Thu Khoan. The person who bought Thu Khoan was Kim Cong.

At the age of twenty-one, Thu Khoan became Kim Cong's wife. They had a happy family and a beautiful daughter. Her family would have been peaceful if Kin Xa had not returned. Eleven years later, Kin Xa returned, when their daughter Hoa Nuoc was fourteen years old. Thanks to Thu Khoan's golden crab-eye bracelet, Kin Xa became rich. His wealth became a disaster for Thu Khoan's family. Seduced by Kin Xa, Kim Cong indulged in gambling and womanizing to the point of dying while indulging. Hoa Nuoc's spoiled daughter ran after Kin Xa, leaving Thu Khoan alone with a river of tears. In pain and despair, she jumped into the Nam Dao River and committed suicide.

For Thu Khoan, the flow of time in one direction is as vast and endless as the river of tears, each count of time is a waterfall with rapids, then another waterfall with rapids, and the next rapid is more terrible and formidable than the previous one. Describing the personal events of the characters like that, the writer helps the reader have a comprehensive view of the characters' miserable lives. Due to the influence of folk literature, at the end of Vi Hong's work, although late, the characters all find their own happiness. This shows the writer's aspiration for the victory of goodness. But on the other hand, it reduces the realistic value of the work.

In some other novels such as The Man in the Tube , Falling Rock Valley , and Vai Dang ... Vi Hong designed the work in a time-space and reverse style.

The time of Tu's personal events in the novel The Man in the Tube is a time of distance, with a reversal of time. Appearing at the beginning of the work, Tu is the director of Luc Khe hospital with the name Toan and an appearance changed by the traces of war.

The writer then recounted Tu's childhood. Being intelligent, Tu started school very early. The pain of losing his mother made Tu determined to enter the University of Medicine. But because he was known as " the son of a cooperative saboteur ", Tu could not fulfill his dream. He had to say goodbye to his beloved father and hometown.

Huong went to a far away place where no one knew, changed her name to enter medical school as she wished.

Next, the writer tells about the time Tu lived in a village near the border and was adopted by a Hmong family and had a completely new name - Ngo Mi Toan. Here, he was loved by his adoptive father's family, especially Ai Hoa. Although he refused, due to custom, Tu still had to perform the "Xam Rang" ceremony, but he overcame it to fulfill his dream.

The years Tu studied at the Medical University were recounted by the writer in great detail and touchingly. With the experience and the medicine Tu learned from his adoptive father in Muong Hai Nuoc, he gave his opinions to the lecturers in his lectures. For teachers who were truly dedicated to their profession, the knowledge Tu added made them " happy as if they had found gold ". But for doctors without qualifications like Ba, it was an insult. Ba secretly pushed Tu to join the army. Ba deliberately accused Tu of opposing the military recruitment when he discovered that Tu had lost a finger joint. And that was also the reason why the writer returned to tell about Tu's time in grade ten and his first years at university.

Eighteen years old, in his first year of study, Tu had to return home to perform the “ Xam Rang ” ceremony as promised. The “ Xam Rang” ceremony usually lasts for three days and three nights, but here Tu had to go through six days and six nights. Finally, he overcame it to fulfill his dream. Seeing off the beautiful girl who had given up her life for him caused Tu great pain. He left behind the index finger joint of her five fingers when she left this world.

Next, the author recounts the time Tu was in the army. During that time, he fought and searched for medicinal herbs to treat illnesses. The regimental commander admired Tu's talent and sent him to study at the Military Medical University. With his excellent academic achievements, Tu was kept at the school as a lecturer, but he asked to return to his old unit to treat his comrades. It was also here that Tu was injured while saving wounded soldiers. After recovering, he returned to work as the director of Luc Khe Hospital as the author had initially told.

Unlike the above characters, the events in Ba's life ( The Man in the Tube ) are also told by the author in a time-space, from the present to the past and then back to the present. Ba appears when he is already a leader and for the first time Ba meets Slam - the girl Ba is infatuated with and determined to conquer without knowing that she is his daughter.

Starting with the present, from there gradually opening each page of the past. For Ba, each page of life is a page of crime and trickery. To explain why Ba was able to rise to the position of dean, the author recounted the years Ba studied at the Medical University. By means of cruel tricks, Ba was retained as a lecturer at a university. And so Ba climbed the ladder of fame: Lecturer - vice principal, director of Luc Khe hospital and then principal. Each step of the ladder was filled with the crimes of a greedy, cunning person.

The author then recounts the time when Ba was in middle school, high school, and then entering university. Ba used all his cunning tricks to get ahead because " his academic performance was only average, never a good student or an advanced student ."

Next, the author tells about the time Ba was the director of Luc Khe hospital. In “ less than three years ( less than three months ), Ba seduced and had a relationship with Hoa like a husband and wife. Ruined Hanh’s life – a war invalid returning from the war, giving Hanh AIDS, a dangerous infectious disease that forced Hanh to spend many years in the morgue ”.

From the position of director of Luc Khe hospital, the author returned to recount the time at the end of the sixth year - Ba's last year of study, " seeing that he had not yet made any great contributions to Hoang, so his intention to keep him as a teaching staff was not certain. Ba decided to do something to make a contribution to Hoang ". The thing that Ba intended to make a contribution to Hoang was: " pushing Hoang's daughter to fall off the cliff " but quickly " saved Hoang's daughter ". From that achievement, Ba naturally sat in the leadership chair even though other good doctors had said bluntly: " Your expertise is poor, how can you be a leader ".

Next was Ba's trip back to visit his wife and children. In contrast to the dilapidated house, " Ba dressed up and got out of the car like a prince ". Leaving his family to return to the hospital, " Ba was intoxicated with his new position ", not only that, Ba was also sent by Mr. Hoang to study abroad. During that time, Ba used a notebook to record medicinal herbs in both Kinh and Tay languages as a research topic for himself. Ba got that notebook because " for a time he was an official member of the robbers ". Thanks to that notebook, Ba successfully defended his PhD thesis, and the scientific council even suggested: " stay for three more years to improve it to a PhD thesis ", but Ba refused, because: " the position of vice principal was hanging in the balance at home" .

Nearly forty years old, "Ba is more handsome, his body is fuller and more balanced " Ba became the passion of many doctors and nurses. He was free to roam without being discovered. Also during this time, Ba climbed to the position of principal of the Medical University, he was free to have relationships without anyone daring to speak up, except Ba's wife. To satisfy his lust, Ba killed his wife so skillfully that no one suspected. With the title of foster brother, Ba used every means to help Slam. When Slam was in his fourth year of Medical University, " Uncle Ba had to get married to have the official conditions to help each other ". With no other choice, Slam had to agree to be Ba's wife.

Finally, Li – the person Ba abandoned more than twenty years ago, came to visit his daughter. The truth was revealed. Li’s words were like a sharp accusation: “ Ba – Slam! Slam, Ba, Ba, you have devoured so many women and girls, you took your own daughter! Slam is your biological child. You took your daughter .”

Also during the time of social distancing, Lang Thi Thu La in Long da dan ba , Dang in the novel Vai Dang were also told by the author in the same time period. That way of telling not only creates the appeal of the story but also shows the creativity in Vi Hong's novels.

Along with the historical events and personal events presented by the author in a number of novels, Vi Hong has helped readers have a relatively complete view of the social situation and people in specific historical periods while creating highlights, creating appeal, attraction and modernity.

In Vi Hong’s novels, it can be seen that the author often links the time of the character’s personal events with the time of historical events. The novel The Falling Rock Valley is an example. “ When Doi was still a young man, his voice had not yet broken, the Falling Rock Valley was only two or three years old .”

At the age of sixteen, Doi witnessed the passing of his relatives one by one. Left alone, Doi went to work as a coolie in the Northern tin mine in the Da Roi valley.

When Dien Bien Phu was won, Doi was taken away to be killed along with forty other coolies. Luckily, Doi escaped death.

In 1954, after the Dien Bien Phu victory, the tin mine resumed operations but was directed by Lot - Gia Doi's adopted son. He returned to the tin mine and stayed there until the end of his life.

Thus, historical events have had an impact on each person's fate. Before the revolution, Doi was a coolie who was beaten and treated cruelly, but now after the revolution, Doi has become a worker, enthusiastically participating in labor to enrich the country.

The time of the personal events of the character Phan in the novel Thang May Biet Noi is closely linked to historical time. At the age of 18, while studying in the fourth grade, he was " very active in revolutionary activities... Mr. Phan stood up and organized the whole class, the whole school to protest in the form of demonstrations ". Before that incident, the secret police were extremely angry. They arrested him and took him back to the village. At the Chin Thoong waterfall, "he jumped down the waterfall like a falling rock ". Everyone thought he was dead, " his family made a large grave for him according to the old custom ". Mr. Phan escaped the hands of the secret police and continued to operate secretly.

The August Revolution succeeded, and in September 1945, after working secretly, he returned to the joy of everyone: "Mr. Phan defeated the Japanese and the French and returned, my brothers!... They welcomed him with laughter like the roar of the Nine Thoong waterfall, they cried and held Mr. Phan's hands and shirt because they were happy and admired him ", because he " was a talented person, a good person to the point of being exemplary ".

After the August Revolution, specifically " in 1947 he became a regimental commander, commanding the army of an entire province . In September 1947, the French parachuted into the town, he commanded the fierce battle, but because of orders from his superiors, he let his troops retreat safely ". Yet when he returned, he filed a complaint " in the middle of the night, he crept into the bedroom of Thim's nephew's wife ". Because of his revolutionary mission, he did not say a word of explanation. He was just " infinitely sad and wrote a resignation letter to return to his hometown of Chin Thoong to become an ordinary citizen ".

Each character's life corresponds to a different series of events. For positive characters like Tu, Hoang, Dang, La, Gia Doi..., those series of events are perhaps a test of endurance, while also affirming the good nature of human beings. As for negative characters like Ba, those series of events have affirmed their obscene, brutal nature and evil tricks. Vi Hong's characters have been built according to the motif of folk literature. Good, kind, and altruistic people will find their happiness again as a worthy compensation. As for negative characters, "evil begets evil ". All have a very tragic ending.

3.2.2. Psychological time.

Psychological time is the time through the character's perception according to the situation. This is the type of time experienced through the character's soul. Psychological time is meaningful in expressing the character's psychological development. Psychological time in Vi Hong's novels is expressed through the following planes: present time, past time, future time.

3.2.2.1. Current time.

Present time is the “ongoing ” time of events or thoughts, actions that are happening of the character.

The present time is the time of the character's life, the time felt with the present of speech, the present of the reader. We can see the present time very clearly in Vi Hong's novels through the characters when they appear to think and act.

In the novel Doa day , Ki Noi and La Boi Hoan are two characters told by the author through a very tragic love story. From a son of Chau Muong, Ki Noi became a "tua to" (slave) and La Boi Hoan from a "tua to" became the daughter of the noble Chau Muong. Despite being forbidden, La Boi Hoan still followed Ki Noi. Their present time was filled with conversations and vows. Then Boi Hoan was locked in a room and forced to marry an " old and ugly " man. In grief, Ki Noi left home, and La Boi Hoan ran away with him. At this time, their present time was associated with a difficult and arduous life in the deep forests and mountains. Thanks to their love and intelligence in business calculations, they became rich. Their present time was also marked by the birth of a beautiful daughter. But the To Hong species ate the girl when both Ki Noi and Boi Hoan were not home. “ She screamed in terror and then fainted next to her husband .” In the end, they overcame that pain to build a life and “ became one of the richest people in Muong Nam Khao .”

Thus, the present time of Ki Noi and La Boi Hoan has shown their extraordinary love and determination. They have overcome everything to build for themselves a rich and happy life.

The present time of Ha The Quan in The Reverse Guy is always associated with his passion for scientific research. Even in the criticism meeting, he still researches to blurt out: " It is clearly a corruption, a rottenness, not fermentation " causing people to misunderstand and then he becomes " a person outside the flow of life ". He is always so eager to find the truth of science that he forgets about love. The girls who come to him then leave because: " I love science more than

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