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

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Candidate's full name:Pham Thi Thanh Phuong              

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: March 8, 1983

4. Place of birth: Hai Duong

5. Decision No. 3676/QD-SDH, dated October 28, 2009, of the Director of Hanoi National University, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:Short stories by contemporary female writers - artistic thinking and genre characteristics.

8. Major: Literary Theory Code: 62.22.32.01

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

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Based on the creative concepts of contemporary Vietnamese female writers, the thesis has identified the "feminine" quality that exists in the depth of artistic thought, through four aspects: the imagery of life, the world of characters, the world of symbols, and artistic space-time.

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

11. Practical applications:

Compile reference materials for Literature students.

12. Future research directions:

Studying contemporary women's short stories is part of a broader exploration of contemporary women's literature.

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

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

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

[3] Pham Thi Thanh Phuong (2014), “Moral and social inspiration in short stories of contemporary Vietnamese female writers”, MagazineLiterary and artistic 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 Vietnam 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.