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Summarize Xúy Vân the Foolish in the briefest manner, Literature 10, Kite
Compose a succinct analysis of Xúy Vân the Foolish, Literature 10, Kite
The Preparation:
Answering suggestions for preparation:
Understanding the Reading Passage:
Analysis of the Short Extract Xuy Van Fakes Madness
3. In her self-introduction, Xúy Vân reveals what about herself?
In her self-introduction, Xúy Vân reveals:
- Name: Xúy Vân.
- Characteristics: naive, gifted singer.
- Situation: left her husband for her lover to the point of madness.
4. Pay attention to the images depicting Xúy Vân's situation, dreams, and emotions.
Images depicting Xúy Vân's situation, dreams, and emotions:
- Situation: 'wild rooster', 'peacock'.
- Dreams: ripe golden rice fields, husband plowing, wife bringing food.
- Emotions: 'Neighbors whisper, resentment blooms with spring.'.
5. Describe Xúy Vân's dance moves and singing on stage.
- Dance moves:
+ Spider-catching: looking up with eyes, using two fingers to catch a spider spinning its web.
+ Spinning wheel, weaving shuttle: Sitting by the loom, pulling threads rhythmically.
- Singing: poignant, deep-toned voices.
6. What does Xúy Vân lament about? Notice the metaphorical device in the upcoming verse.
- Xúy Vân laments about missing her lover, lingering in old love and loyalty.
- Metaphorical device in the upcoming verse: 'A carp lies in the buffalo's footprint,/ Waiting for the fisherman to cast the hook!'.
III. After reading:
* Suggestions for answering after reading:
Question 1, page 68 Literature Textbook Grade 10 - Volume 1
To recount the event 'Xúy Vân pretends to be naive,' the folk author has used:
- Speech patterns characteristic of chèo folk art such as: slurred speech, veiled, pitiful intonation, speech.
- Chèo singing styles such as: over the bridge, wild rooster, impending, slanted, reversed singing.
- Choreography: spider-catching dance, spinning wheel and weaving shuttle.
- Stage directions: sound of drums, dance movements, singing, gestures, character demeanor.
Question 2, page 68 Literature Textbook Grade 10 - Volume 1
a) Xúy Vân's 'role-playing' as a madwoman:
- Song lyrics: 'Though naive, talent priceless,
The world whispers of my strange voice,
All call me the lady Xúy Vân.
Phụ Kim Nham, intoxicated by Trần Phương,
So madly in love.'.
- Reversed song lyrics: 'The rice drum, deftly turned to bloom,
A flock of girls wading through the river mud.
Mice cling to fences, mosquitoes swarm bats.
Mr. Bụt snaps the deer's neck,
A ghostly hen sits on a tree.
In the yard, there's a pestle, a mortar,
In the hat, there's a paddle, a pole,
Down the river, there's a market selling bowls,
On the sea, we chop wood for a house,
A mute person incubates eggs,
Riding a rooster to fight the enemy!'.
- Stage directions:
+ 'The drumbeat rises, Xúy Vân performs the spider-catching, spinning wheel, weaving shuttle dance. After the dance, Xúy Vân sings then laughs and sings a slanted tune...'.
+ 'Xúy Vân enters, walking and laughing foolishly'.
b) Dream of family life:
- Rooster-themed song lyrics: 'Waiting for the ripe golden rice,
For him to harvest, for her to bring food'.
c) Reality of life in her husband's family:
- Rooster-themed song lyrics:
+ 'Wild rooster, wild rooster mingles with peacock,
The bitterness is unbearable, ouch!'.
+ 'Leading the way, leading the way,
Shaking from afar, shaking from near,
Neighbors whisper, resentment blooms with spring.'.
Question 3, page 68 Literature Textbook Grade 10 - Volume 1
Xúy Vân's mood is depicted:
- Through the waiting for the ferry:
+ Inner conflicts, turmoil in the character's psyche.
+ Directly expresses the pain, humiliation.
- In the rooster-themed song lyrics:
+ Lonely, abandoned because her husband is far away.
+ Sorrowful, despondent because she's mocked by people.
+ Yearning for a simple, happy family life.
- In the lament, reversed song lyrics:
+ Pain for her own unfortunate fate to the point of being delusional.
Question 4, page 68 Literature Textbook Grade 10 - Volume 1
- An artistic element in the text: dialogue, manifested through the audience's or backstage actors' lines.
- Purpose:
+ Create conditions for characters to reveal their personalities.
+ The audience or backstage actors represent the collective interrogating the character.
Question 5, page 68 Literature Textbook Grade 10 - Volume 1
In my opinion, if the character Xúy Vân in the chèo play 'Kim Nham' lived in modern times, she could choose to escape her own tragedy by:
- Clearly discussing with Kim Nham and sharing her sadness, bitterness about her husband to find a solution together.
- Understanding Trần Phương thoroughly before deciding whether to abandon her marriage to move on to the person she truly loves or not.
