TTLA: Short stories of contemporary female writers - artistic thinking and genre characteristics

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of researcher:Pham Thi Thanh Phuong              

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: March 8, 1983

4. Place of birth: Hai Duong

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3676/QD-SDH, dated October 28, 2009 of the Director of Hanoi National University

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Short stories of contemporary female writers - artistic thinking and genre characteristics

8. Major: Literary Theory Code: 62.22.32.01

9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Doan Duc Phuong

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- From the creative concepts of contemporary Vietnamese female writers, the thesis has pointed out the "feminine" quality that exists in the depths of artistic thinking, through four aspects: life images, the world of characters, the world of symbols and artistic space-time.

- The thesis has pointed out the movement and transformation of the characteristics of the short story genre through the innovations in the artistic form of contemporary Vietnamese women's short stories.

11. Practical application:

Compile reference materials for students majoring in Literature.

12. Further research directions:

Studying contemporary women's short stories is part of expanding the study of contemporary women's literature.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

[1] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “Women's short stories in contemporary Vietnamese prose”, JournalVietnam Literature and Arts Forum(235), pp.21 - 25.

[2] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “First-person narrator in contemporary Vietnamese female short stories”, JournalLiterary Studies(9), pp.87 – 98.

[3] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “Ethical and worldly inspiration in short stories of contemporary Vietnamese female writers”, JournalLiterary and art theory and criticism(27), pp.50 - 55.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Thi Thanh Phuong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: March 8, 1983 4. Place of birth: Hai Duong

5. Admission decision number: : 3676/QD-SDH, Dated:October 28^th, 2009 by The President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Short stories of contemporary woman writers- art thought and characteristic of genre.

8. Major: Literary Theories Code: 62.22.32.01

9. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. PhD Doan Duc Phuong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- On contemporary woman writers' opinion about writing a work, the thesis shows feminity in art thought, through four aspects: image of life, a world of characters, symbols and art space-time.

- The thesis shows the movement and change of characteristics of the short story through innovations of art form of the short stories of contemporary Vietnamese woman writers.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

Compiling references for literature students.

12. Further research directions, if any:

Studying the short stories of contemporary woman writers is part of studying the literature of contemporary woman writers.

13. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “The short stories of woman writers in Vietnamese contemporary prose”,Journal of Viet Nam art forum(235), pp. 21-25.

[2] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “The narrator in first person in the short stories of contemporary Vietnamese woman writers”,Journal of Literature Studies(9), pp. 87-98.

[3] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “The moral inspiration in the short stories of contemporary Vietnamese woman writers”,Journal of Theory, Literature and Art Criticism(27), pp.50-55.