TỰ SỰ ÂM THANH: LẮNG NGHE “MỘT THOÁNG TA RỰC RỠ Ở NHÂN GIAN” CỦA OCEAN VUONG

Lê Thị Diễm Hằng1,
1 Khoa Ngữ văn, Trường Đại học Sư phạm, Đại học Huế, 34 Lê Lợi, Phường Thuận Hóa, Thành phố Huế, Việt Nam

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Nghiên cứu này tập trung vào mối quan hệ giữa âm thanh và tự sự trong tác phẩm của nhà văn người Mỹ gốc Việt Ocean Vuong, để làm rõ cách nhà văn lắng nghe tiếng nói của những người không có tiếng nói. Chúng tôi đặc biệt chú ý đến tiểu thuyết bán tự truyện “Một thoáng ta rực rỡ ở nhân gian”, qua cách văn bản này cung cấp một cảnh quan âm thanh sinh động và cho thấy cách âm thanh hoạt động như những văn bản ký ức tiềm năng. Tiếp cận liên ngành giữa văn học với nhân học thính giác và nghiên cứu âm thanh, dự án này định vị âm thanh như một tác nhân nhận thức luận có khả năng can dự vào quá trình kiến tạo các diễn ngôn lịch sử – văn hóa. Từ đó, chúng tôi lắng nghe cảnh quan âm thanh được trình hiện thông qua các lớp tường thuật – vốn tồn tại dang dở và lấp lửng – nhưng lại có khả năng thu hút sự chú ý của người đọc vào những mô tả có tính đối thoại. Chúng tôi xem xét cách những trải nghiệm thính giác được giới tính hoá và kiến tạo danh tính. Từ đó, nghiên cứu này nhấn mạnh đến quyền lực của sự lắng nghe trong việc điều hướng một di sản âm thanh thuộc địa, và ủng hộ những tiếng nói đa dạng của cộng đồng người Mỹ gốc Việt.

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