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

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

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 to recognize doctoral students No. 3202/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated November 8, 2010, by the Director of Hanoi National University.

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

7. Thesis title:"Artistic thinking in Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to the present"

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 62.22.34.01

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

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

This dissertation is the first specialized work to examine the literary memoirs of Vietnamese writers from 1986 to the present from the perspective of artistic thought. The dissertation has:

- To offer a unique perspective on artistic thinking within the memoir genre, a genre with distinct characteristics compared to others, particularly its almost direct connection to the historical context, ideology, artistic consciousness, gender factors, etc.

- To outline, in a general and essential way, the development process of Vietnamese literary memoirs throughout its historical formation and development, focusing on the period from 1986 to the present.

- To identify the characteristics of artistic thinking in Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to the present, viewed from different perspectives: from "conceptual codes" and artistic imagery to narrative methods.

- Contributing to the exploration and identification of the strengths and weaknesses in content and artistic aspects of Vietnamese literary memoirs from 1986 to the present, serving as a tool to guide the intellectual and aesthetic education of contemporary literary readers.

11. Practical applications:

The research findings of this dissertation can serve as a reference and teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students in the field of Literature.

12. Future research directions

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

1. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2010), “To Hoai's view on history in the memoirs Dust on the Feet and Evening After Evening”, Science Journal, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2 (12), pp. 58 – 63.

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

3. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2016), “Female Identity in Memoirs and Autobiographies of Vietnamese Female Authors”, Journal of Science, Saigon University (21/46), pp. 99-108.

4. Tran Thi Mai Phuong (2016), “Preliminary study of memoirs and autobiographies of Vietnamese female authors”, Journal of Science, Hanoi Pedagogical University 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.