TTLA: Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels

1. Full name of PhD student: Duong Thi Huong 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: March 4, 1988 4. Place of birth: Vinh Phuc

5. Research recognition decision No. 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 31, 2014 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No change

7. Thesis topic: Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature 9. Code 62.22.01.21

10. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Bich Thu

11. Summary ofnew resultsof the thesis:

- The thesis is a specialized work researching spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels.

- The thesis has identified spiritual elements, especially pointing out the type of spiritual character on the basis of clarifying the relationship between spiritual cultural life and social life in contemporary Vietnamese novels.

- The thesis has affirmed the achievements and contributions of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels in two aspects of content and art, thereby reflecting the movement, development and innovation of contemporary Vietnamese novels in the context of Vietnamese literature having a strong transformation, reintegrating with world literature after 1986.

12. Practical applicability: The thesis serves as a research document on Vietnamese novels and spiritual culture in literature.

13. Further research directions: Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese short stories and poetry

14. Publications related to the thesis:

- Duong Thi Huong (2018), “Religious and belief space in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Hong Duc University Science Journal(42), pp. 76-80.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Omens in Contemporary Vietnamese Novels”,Magazine Lexicography & Encyclopedia, (1/57), pp. 61-65.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Some spiritual cultural symbols in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Magazine Lexicography & Encyclopedia, (3/59), pp. 36-41.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Some features of the de-sacrifice of religious characters in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Magazine Military Arts(912), pp. 98-101.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Characters with supernatural powers in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Army Literature Magazine(926), pp. 96-101.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Religious characters in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Magazine Writer and works(36), pp. 161-164.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “The virtual and the expression of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Magazine Literary research(11), pp. 108-114.

                                                                     INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Duong Thi Huong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: March 04, 1988

4. Place of birth: Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam

5. Admission decision number: No. 3216/2014 / QD-XHNV-SDH Date: Dec 31^st, 2014

Signed by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:

Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamesenovels

8. Major: Vietnamese Literary 9. Code: 62 22 01 21

10. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen Thi Bich Thu

11. Summary of thenew foundof the thesis:

The thesis is a specialized work that researches spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels.

The thesis identifies spiritual factors, especially by pointing out the type of spiritual characters relationship on the basis of clarifying the between spiritual cultural life and social life in contemporary Vietnamese novels.

The thesis affirms the achievements and contribution of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels in the aspects of contents and art, and thereby it reflects the variability, development, and innovation of contemporary Vietnamese novels in the context of strong changes and reintegration of Vietnamese literature with the world literature in the period after 1986.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis can serve as a research material about Vietnamese novels, about spiritual culture in literature.

13. Further research directions, if any:

Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese short stories and poetry.

14. Thesis–related publications:

- Duong Thi Huong (2018), “The space of religion and belief in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Journal of Science -HongTravelcUniversity(42), pp. 76–80.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Omens in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,JournalofDictionaryandEncyclopedia, No. 1 (57), pp. 61-65.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Some symbols of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,JournalofDictionaryandEncyclopedia, No. 3 (59), pp. 36-41.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “An overview of trivialization of religious figures in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Journalof Military Literature and Arts(912), pp. 98-101.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Characters with supernatural powers in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Journalof Military Literature and Arts(926), pp. 96–101.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Religious figures in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Journalof Writers and Works(36), pp. 161–164.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “Illusion and expression of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Journalof Literary Studies(11), pp 108-114.