kí sự

Nhà báo đang viết một cuốn kí sự về cuộc sống thành phố.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A memoir; a chronicle; a narrative account: A written record of events, experiences, or observations, often based on the author's personal perspective or research. It implies a factual or documentary style of writing about real events.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cuốn kí sự này ghi lại hành trình khám phá rừng Amazon. (This chronicle records the journey of exploring the Amazon rainforest.)
  • Nhà báo viết một kí sự về đời sống của người dân vùng cao. (The journalist wrote a narrative account about the life of people in the highlands.)
  • Đó là một kí sự chiến tranh cảm động. (That is a moving war memoir.)

Advanced Usage

• Literary Genre: "Kí sự" can refer to a specific literary or journalistic genre focused on documentary reporting and realistic depiction.
  • Bà ấy chuyên viết thể loại kí sự. (She specializes in writing in the chronicle genre.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phóng sự (n): reportage; a journalistic piece that is often more immediate and investigative than a "kí sự".
• Hồi ký (n): autobiography; memoirs; specifically focused on personal reminiscences.
• Bút ký (n): sketch; a shorter or more impressionistic literary note or sketch.

Synonyms

• Chronicle: a factual written account of events in the order of their occurrence.
• Memoir: a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.
• Narrative account: a spoken or written report of connected events; a story.

Related Terms

• Ký (n): a general term for various forms of creative nonfiction writing, including "bút ký", "kí sự", and "phóng sự".
• Ký giả (n): a reporter; a journalist (an older term).