TTLA: Comparative study of the Chinese classics "Suu Than Ky" with some Vietnamese "chi quai" stories from the perspective of genre characteristics and Chinese language

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of researcher:Vu Thi Huong                                   

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: May 15, 1980

4. Place of birth: Ha Nam

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3202/QD-SDH, November 8, 2010

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Comparative study of the Chinese classics "Suu Than Ky" with some Vietnamese "chi quai" stories from the perspective of genre characteristics and Chinese language

8. Major: Han Nom Code: 62.22.01.04

9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Huu Son,Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Oanh

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- Overview of important theoretical issues and history of research on the genre of chi quai in China and Vietnam.

- The thesis points out the characteristics of the chi quai genre, the circumstances of its birth and development in the history of Chinese and Vietnamese literature.

- Point out that Viet Dien U Linh and Linh Nam Chich Quai are influenced by Chinese Suu Than Ky from the relationship of influence due to contact.

- Point out some typical grammatical phenomena of the chi quai genre. These are the grammatical phenomena of early vernacular. At the same time, point out that the existential sentence and the judgmental sentence are two typical types of sentences of the chi quai genre.

11. Practical application:

Compile reference materials for students of Literature, Han Nom and those with similar interests.

12. Further research directions:

Research on the influence of Chinese mythology on Vietnamese legends.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

[1] Vu Thi Huong (2011), “The Collection of Myths and the Problem of the Chi Quai Genre”, Journal of Literary Studies (2), pp.52-64.

[2] Vu Thi Huong (2013), “Comparing Suu Than Ky with Viet Dien U Linh and Linh Nam Chich Quai in terms of genre and Chinese language”, Proceedings of the Forty Years of Training and Research on Han Nom, Hanoi National University Publishing House, Hanoi, pp.333-344.

[3] Vu Thi Huong (2015), “The use of “at” (在) and “huu” (有) in the works of Suu than ky, Viet dien u linh, Linh Nam chich quai”, Language Magazine (8 - 9), pp.123-133.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Vu Thi Huong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: May 15, 1980 4. Place of birth: Ha Nam

5. Admission decision number: 3202/QD-SĐH, Dated: November 8^th, 2010

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title: A Comparative Research on “Records of Searching for Spirits” (China) and Some Vietnamese Records of Supernatural Fiction from the Angle of Literary Genre and Sino Language.

8. Major: Sino - Nom Studies Code: 62.22.01.04

9. Supervisors: Asst. Prof. PhD Nguyen Huu Son, Asst. Prof. PhD Nguyen Thi Oanh

10. Summary of a new findings of the thesis:

- Generalizing both main theoretical issues and the historical background of Zhiguai genre in China and Vietnam.

- Pointing out characteristics of the genre Zhiguai and its circumstances in Vietnamese and Chinese literature history.

- Demonstrating that Selection of Wondrous Tales in Linh Nam and Collection of Stories on the Shady and Spiritual World of the Viet Realm are influenced by Records of Searching for Spirits through cultural contacts and exchanges.

- Pointing out some significant grammatical phenomena of the genre Zhiguai that is, they were of written vernacular Chinese in the early period, simultaneously, specifying existential sentence and sentential sentence as the two types of sentence featured of the genre Zhiguai.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

Compiling references for Literature, Sino - Nom students and for those who are interested in this study subject.

12. Further research directions, if any:

Studying the impact of Chinese Zhiguai on Vietnamese Strange Tales.

13. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Vu Thi Huong (2011), “Records of Searching for Spirits and the issues of Supernatural Fiction genre”, Journal of Literature Studies (2), pp. 52-64.

[2] Vu Thi Huong (2013), “A comparison between Records of Searching for Spirits and Spiritual World of the Viet Realm and Selection of Wondrous Tales in Linh Nam in terms of Literary Genre and Sino Language, Conference Proceedings: 40 years of Teaching and Studying Sino-Nom, VNU Publisher, Hanoi, pp.333-344.

[3] Vu Thi Huong (2015), The usage of "Zài" (在) and "Yǒu” (有) in Records of Searching for Spirits, Spiritual World of the Viet Realm, and Selection of Wondrous Tales in Linh Nam, Journal of Language (8-9), pp. 123-133.