TTLA: Vietnamese Short Stories After 1975 – Viewed from a Genre Perspective

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Candidate's full name:Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang                

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: May 16, 1982

4. Place of birth: Ninh Binh

5. Decision to admit doctoral student No. 2387/SĐH, dated June 29, 2007, by the Director of Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis title:Vietnamese short stories after 1975 – viewed from a genre perspective.

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 62.22.34.01

9. Scientific supervisor:Prof. Dr. Le Van LanandAssoc. Prof. Dr. Ha Van Duc

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

This dissertation is a scientific work applying narrative theory and poetics to the study of the Vietnamese short story genre after 1975. Although some works have followed this research direction, with its broad scope and approach, this dissertation is the first to survey the subject to arrive at the most comprehensive conclusions and summaries of the poetic characteristics, development, and achievements of the Vietnamese short story over the past forty years. Therefore, the dissertation not only contributes to clarifying theoretical issues concerning the genre but also serves as a survey linked to perspectives on periodization and summarization of literary history.

Along with comprehensive studies on other genres (novels, poetry, etc.), this dissertation contributes to providing a general overview of the forty-year journey and development of Vietnamese literature in the contemporary period.

11. Practical applications:

This dissertation provides a useful reference for research, teaching, and learning in the field of Literature in universities and colleges, and for readers interested in Vietnamese literature after 1975.

12. Future research directions:

- A study of Vietnamese short stories after 1975 in comparison with contemporary short stories from several other countries around the world.

- Studying the poetic relationship between short stories and other genres in contemporary Vietnamese literature.

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

[1] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2007), “Son Nam's Short Stories”,Vietnamese Short Stories: History - Poetics - Portraits, Education Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 697–707.

[2] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2011), “Online literature and changes in the way contemporary readers receive it”,Military Arts and Literature Magazine(40), pp. 69 - 71.

[3] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2013), “Short story collection”The sky left behind"By overseas female authors – a medley about human destiny," Proceedings of the Scientific ConferenceReception of literature and art,Hanoi National University Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 441-448.

[4] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2013), “Some notes on artistic details in contemporary Vietnamese short stories”,Magazine Literary and Artistic Criticism(11), pp. 55 - 59.

[5] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2013), “Outline of the boundaries of contemporary Vietnamese short story genres”, Proceedings of the Scientific ConferenceResearch and training in Vietnamese studies and the Vietnamese language: Theoretical and practical issues.National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 286-292.

[6] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2014), “Title as a multi-valued artistic signal in contemporary Vietnamese short stories”,Proceedings of the Scientific Conference for Young Faculty Members and Postgraduate Students, Academic Year 2013-2014National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 444–458.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: May 16, 1982 4. Place of birth: Ninh Binh

5. Admission decision number: : 2387/SĐH, Dated:June 29^th, 2007, by the President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title: The Vietnamese short-story since 1975: An approach from genre

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 62.22.34.01

9. Supervisors: Prof. PhD Le Van Lan and Asst. Prof. PhD Ha Van Duc

10. Summary of a new findings of the thesis:

This thesis is a scientific work that puts theory of narratology and poetics into investigating short-story genre in Vietnam after 1975. While there have been some works going towards this study, this thesis with a wide research scope and a specific approach is the first research that examines the object to summarize about the features of after-1975 Vietnamese short story's structure, the process and the achievements of Vietnamese short-story genre since 1975 up to present. Therefore, this thesis not only contributes to manifesting the theory of Vietnamese short story as a literature genre, but also is a research associated with viewpoints about divergence and synthesizing of literary history.

This thesis, combined with other research about such other literary genres as poem, fiction..., contributes to outline the forty year development process of Vietnamese literature in the contemporary period.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis provides a useful reference for research, teaching and learning Vietnamese literature in universities, colleges and for those who are interested in Vietnamese literature after 1975.

12. Further research directions, if any:

- Research on the Vietnamese short - story genre after 1975 in comparison with contemporary short-story of some other countries.

- Research on the relationship between short-story and other genres of Vietnamese contemporary literature.

13. Thesis-related publications: (List in chronological order)

[1] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2007), “Short-story by Son Nam” inVietnamese short-story: history, poetics and portraits, Education Press, pp. 697-707.

[2] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2011), "Online Literature and the transformation of reception modality of contemporary readers",Journal of Military ArtsVolume 40, pp. 69-71.

[3] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2013), "The Losing Heaven, a collection of short-stories by oversea female writer: a medley of the human condition" inLiterature and Art Reception, Conference Proceedings, Vietnam National University Press, pp. 441-448.

[4] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2013), "A sketch of artistic elements in Vietnamese contemporary short-story",Journal of literary theory and criticism, Volume 11, pp. 55-59.

[5] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2013), "The boundaries of Vietnamese short-story genre" inResearch and training on Vietnamese studies and language: Issues of theory and practice, Conference Proceedings, Conference Proceedings, Vietnam National University Press, pp. 286-292

[6] Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang (2014), "Title: a multivalued artistic signal in Vietnamese contemporary short-story genre" inScientific conference of young staff and postgraduate students, school year 2013 - 2014,Conference Proceedings, Vietnam National University Press, pp. 444-458.