TTLA: Artistic thinking in Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to present

DOCTORAL THESIS INFORMATION

1. Full name:Tran Thi Mai Phuong                 

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: July 27, 1983

4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3202/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated November 8, 2010 of the Director of Hanoi National University

6. Changes during the training process: Change the thesis topic name according to Decision No. 784/QD-SDH, dated April 24, 2013 of the President of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

7. Thesis topic name:“Artistic thinking in Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to present”

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 62.22.34.01

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

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

The thesis is the first specialized work to study literary memoirs of Vietnamese writers from 1986 to present from the perspective of artistic thinking. The thesis has:

- Presenting a unique concept of artistic thinking in the memoir genre, a genre with its own unique characteristics compared to other genres, especially its almost direct connection with the context of the times and ideology, artistic consciousness, gender factors,...

- Outline in general and the nature of the development process of Vietnamese literary memoirs throughout its history of formation and development, focusing on the period from 1986 to present.

- Point out the characteristics of artistic thinking in Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to present from different perspectives: from "conceptual codes", artistic images to narrative methods.

- Contribute to discovering and identifying the advantages and limitations in terms of content and main techniques of Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to present as a tool to guide the education of knowledge and aesthetics for today's literary readers.

11. Practical application:

The research results of the thesis can become a reference and teaching monograph for students as well as graduate students of Literature.

12. Further research directions

13. Published works related to the thesis:

1. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2010), “To Hoai’s view on history in the memoirs Cat bui chan ai and Chieu chieu”, Science Journal, Hanoi National University of Education 2 (12), pp.58 – 63.

2. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2010). “The movement of the memoir and autobiography genre with To Hoai”, Vietnam Literature and Arts Forum Magazine (188), pp.24-27.

3. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2016), “Female gender identity in memoirs and autobiographies of Vietnamese female authors”, Science Journal, Saigon University (21/46), pp.99 – 108.

4. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2016), “Preliminary research on memoirs and autobiographies of Vietnamese female authors”, Journal of Science, Hanoi National University of Education 2 (46), pp.102 – 116.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Tran Thi Mai Phuong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: July 27, 1983 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: 3202/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated November 8, 2010 of the President of Hanoi National University

6. Changes in academic process: Changing the thesis' title under Decision No. 784/ QD-SDH, dated April 24, 2013 of the Rector of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

7. Official thesis' title: “Artistic thought of Vietnamese literary memoirs in the period from 1986 up to now”

8. Major: Vietnamese literature Code: 62.22.34.01

9. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Doan Duc Phuong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The thesis is the first project focusing on studying artistic thought presented in literary memoirs written by Vietnamese writers in the period from 1986 up to present. The thesis does the following:

- Giving out a nuanced conception of “artistic thought in memoirs”, a literary genre which has unique characteristics in comparison to other ones, especially in terms of its close relationship with contemporary social and ideological context, artistic awareness, gender consciousness, so forth and so on.

- Sketching out the movement of Vietnamese literary memoirs in its long history, especially in the period from 1986 up to now.

- Pointing out some characteristics of “artistic thought of Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 up to now” on three aspects: conceptual code of literary memoirs, artistic figures, and artistic methods.

- Contributing to exploring and identifying the advantages and disadvantages in the content and form of Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 up to now, so that the readers can nowadays have a good understanding and aesthetic awareness to help read them well.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The research results of the thesis can become a treatise reference and instruction for students as well as graduate students of literature.

12. Further research directions, if any:

13. Thesis-related publications:

1. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2010), “To Hoai's perspective of history through his Cat bui chan ai and Chieu chieu”, Journal of Science Hanoi Pedagogical University 2 (12), pp.58-63.

2. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2010), “The movement of memoirs and autobiographies in the case of To Hoai”, Vietnamese Literature and Arts Forum (188), pp. 24-27.

3. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2016), “Identities of female gender in Vietnamese female writer's autobiographical memoirs”, Journal of Science Saigon University (21/46), pp.99-108.

4. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2016), “Initial research on Vietnamese female writer's autobiographical memoirs”, Journal of Science, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2 (46), pp.102-116.