t1{ qtl-uf |N/3tu rso vror vA r1llrJc vAx noAN rnoNc cAurnuc rnUoNcvAN Hec vTTNAM THoI THUec DLA PHUNG NGqc KIEN(') Tdn tfu: Xeh}ihqc hiQn dai tinh toi c6c yiiu t6 xi h6i nhu v6n xd hQi, v6n vin h6a, c6u uric cta m4ng luoi x6 hQi, Do viy, brii vii5t dd xu6r xem x6r nhi ven truong vdn hqc thdi thuQc ilia vdi ba c6u h6i: li6u c6 mgt nguy6n t,5c nrio, li nAo ciu thdnh n6n tnrong vdn hqc x6t tu g6c dQ dia li kh6ng? Phan b6 dia li dnh huong nhu thii nao diln vi6c r4o c6c v6n xi hQi, gi6o dpc-, vdn h6a vd nr d6 toi v6n nrqng tnmg cria nhdr vin? C6c y6u tii tlia chin-h tri 6nh hudng toi bin iI6 ph6n cuc cec cuc nghe thuet truong ven hgc? Dua tr€n bing dri liQu c6c nhi vdn duong thdi cta hai Lic giri V[ Nggc Phan vi Hodi Thanh, ctng xuit hifn n6m 1942, chring t6i murin nnan dign cac y6u t6 dia li tti g6p phin c6u thenh nCn trudng van hec, vugr qua nltng camlhuc th6ng rhuong vA m6i quan hQ t4rc ti6p gita dia li mdi truong vA henh vi sriLng t4o cua nhi v6n niu mot cd rh6 xi h6i Ti khda: xd hQi hqc v6n hoc, vdn hgc thuQc dia, trudng ven hec, Tho moi Abstract: Modem sociology of literatwe takes more account of social elements, such as the social capital, cultural capital, and structure of networking in examining literary phenomena This article evaluates some Metnamese writers and poets in the literary field in cotonial Vietnam by asking three questions: Is there a topological logic constituting such literary field? How did the element of geographical distribution influence the forming of social and educational capital that constituted the writers' synbolic capital? How did the element of politicat geography influence the polarized landscape of the vietnamese literary field during the colonial period? Based on accounts published n 1942 by vt Ngoc Phan and Hoii rhanh about vietnamese writers during the colonial period, this anicle identifies the geological reasons that contributed to the structuring of Vietnamese literary field in colonial times This article assumes that the colonial literary field in vietnam wenl beyond the common sense-immediate connection between geographical environment and creative activities of a writer as a member ofa society to include sociological elements Kqtwords: sociology of literature, colonial literature, literary field, Tho moi (New poetry) Thi nhdn Vi€t Nam (1941) cta Hodi Thanh, nr g6c nhin mQt nhd ph6 binh cluong thdi,