TTLA: Nguyen Dinh Chieu in the cultural space of the South

Author name: Ta Thi Thanh Huyen

Thesis title: Nguyen Dinh Chieu in the cultural space of the South

Dissertation field:Literature

Specialized:Vietnamese LiteratureCode:62 22 01 21

Name of Postgraduate training unit:University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and research objects of the thesis

Research purpose:Placing Nguyen Dinh Chieu in the Southern cultural space to determine the influence of the cultural sediment layers of the subjects of this cultural space on the formation of personality and the creation of Nguyen Dinh Chieu's works; at the same time, examining the influence and reception of Nguyen Dinh Chieu's works in Southern literature in the late 19th - early 20th centuries according to two trends: reception and counter-reception.

Research subjects:Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality and compositions in two-way interaction with the sedimentary layers and fluctuations of the 19th century Southern cultural space.

2. Research methods used

Cultural method, Literary history method, Interdisciplinary research method; Intertextual research method; Iconology; Comparative method.

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

The first, identify and analyze the elements of Southern culture that contributed significantly to the formation of Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality and influenced his career of "teaching Confucian ethics" through literature.

MondayOn the contrary, it examines and points out the impact and influence of Nguyen Dinh Chieu on folk literature and national literature in the South in the late 19th century - early 20th century according to two trends: reception and counter-reception.

3.2. Conclusion

- Combining the model of "cultural space" consisting of many layers of non-fossil sediments initiated by Michel Foucault with the perspective of cultural semiotics proposed by Gerrt Hofstede, we have outlined the cultural space of the South throughout the historical process from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century; thereby identifying and analyzing the elements of this cultural space that influenced the formation of Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality as well as his literary career.

- At the same time, we also examine the mark that Nguyen Dinh Chieu and his works have left in the cultural space of the South: 1) Nguyen Dinh Chieu has become a cultural figure representing the qualities and spirit of a Confucian gentleman, an inspirational personality; 2) the strong and enduring vitality ofLuc Van Tienin Southern culture is shown in two trends of reception of this work: the trend of positive reception and negative reception; in addition, the chivalrous personality model Luc Van Tien has become a cultural "phenomenon" when generations of Southern people consider it an ideal model to follow in daily life.

SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name:Ta Thi Thanh Huyen

Thesis title:Nguyen Dinh Chieu in the cultural space of the South of Vietnam

Scientific branch of the thesis:Literature

Major:Vietnamese LiteratureCode: 62 22 01 20

The name of postgraduate training institution:University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University - Hanoi

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

Purpose:To examine the impacts of the cultural layers within Southern cultural space to Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality and work; and, to study the influences of Nguyen Dinh Chieu as a Confucian role model and his poems, verse novels, espesciallyLuc Van Tiento Southern literature in the transitional period as well as to behaviors of many generations of common people in this region.

Oobjects: Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality and work in two-way interaction with Southern cultural space.

2. Research methods

Cultural study, literary historiography, interdisciplinary study, intertextual study, imagology, comparative study.

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1. The major results

Firstly, to point out and analyze layers and elements of Southern culture that contribute to the shaping of Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality and impact on his literary moral teachings.

Secondly, to examine Nguyen Dinh Chieu's influences to Southern literature in transitional period (from late nineteenth century to early twentieth century) with two trends: reception and counter-reception, as well as behaviors of many generations of common people in this region until present time.

3.2. Conclusions

We combine the theory of mutlilayer sedimentary cultural space by Michel Foucault and cultural semiotics by Gerrt Hofstede, we outline Vietnam's Southern cultural space from the second-half of seventeenth century to early twentieth century, and examine the influences of it's components to Nguyen Dinh Chieu's personality and work.

At the same time, we investigate the marks Nguyen Dinh Chieu and his work leave on this cultural space: 1) Nguyen Dinh Chieu becomes a representative of the virtues and courage of a noble confucianist, and an inspiring personality; 2)Luc Van Tienbecomes a source to Southern literature in transitional period with two tendencies: reception and counter-reception, and it's hero becomes common people's guide to chivalrous conduct.