'An Early Morning' and 'Moonlit Night' by Thach Lam Translated from the Vietnamese by Quan Manh Ha

Lam, Thach and Ha, Quan Manh 2017. 'An Early Morning' and 'Moonlit Night' by Thach Lam Translated from the Vietnamese by Quan Manh Ha. Asian Literature and Translation (ALT) 4 (1) , pp. 149-158. 10.18573/j.2017.10133

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Abstract

Thach Lam (1909-1942) was a member of the Self-Strength Literary Group (1932-1945), which promoted the New Poetry movement, individualism in literature, French-influenced romanticism, and modernism. The Self-Strength Literary Group condemned feudalism and Confucian values that suffocated personal pursuit of happiness. Thach Lam is most known for his clear narrative style and the subtlety of his characters’ emotions. His fiction differs from that of other members of the Self-Strength Literary Group because he prefers to focus on the life of the common, working-class people in the countryside setting, and he does not romanticize reality. Literature, to him, must condemn social ills and help people live morally. His childhood was lived in poverty, and he died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-three. The present paper presents translations of two of his short stories.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Thach Lam; South East Asia; Translation
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2051-5863
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 April 2017
Date of Acceptance:	1 February 2017
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 14:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99683

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