TTLA: Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels

1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Duong Thi Huong 2. Gender: Female

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

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

6. Changes in the training process: No changes

7. Thesis title: Spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature 9. Code: 62.22.01.21

10. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Bich Thu

11. Summarize thenew resultsof the thesis:

- This dissertation is a specialized study of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels.

- The thesis identified spiritual elements, particularly highlighting the type of spiritual character based on clarifying the relationship between spiritual and cultural life and social life in contemporary Vietnamese novels.

- The dissertation affirmed the achievements and contributions of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels in two aspects: content and art. Through this, it reflects the movement, development, and innovation of contemporary Vietnamese novels in the context of Vietnamese literature undergoing a strong transformation and reintegration with world literature after 1986.

12. Practical applications: This dissertation serves as research material 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 dissertation:

- Duong Thi Huong (2018), "Religious and belief spaces 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 aspects of demystifying religious figures in contemporary Vietnamese novels",Magazine Army Arts and Culture(912), pp. 98-101.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), "Characters with supernatural abilities in contemporary Vietnamese novels",Military Arts and Literature Magazine(926), pp. 96-101.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), "Religious characters in contemporary Vietnamese novels",Magazine The writer and his works(36), pp. 161-164.

- Duong Thi Huong (2019), “The illusion and the expression of spiritual culture in contemporary Vietnamese novels”,Magazine Literary studies(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 Vietnamesefamily

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

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

11. Summary of thenew Asof 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 -HongDucuniversity(42), pp. 76–80.

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

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

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

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

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

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