TYLA: Tô Hoài's stories from a narrative perspective.

Author's name: Ta Diem My

Thesis title:To Hoai's stories from a narrative perspective.

Dissertation field: Literature

Major: Literary Theory Code: 60.22.01.20

Name of the postgraduate training unit: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and scope of the thesis

* Research objectives:

- To learn about narrative theory and its application in literary studies in Vietnam.

- Learn about the writer Tô Hoài and his role and position in modern Vietnamese literature (including Vietnamese children's literature).

- Applying narrative theory to issues of structure, plot, narrative point of view, narrator, language, etc., in parallel with a narrative-cultural approach, to understand the narrative art that shapes the literary style of writer Tô Hoài.

* Research subjects:

- The representative prose works of writer Tô Hoài belong to three main genres: short stories (including short stories written for children), novels, and memoirs/autobiographies, such as:Homeland, Foreign Land, Ten Years, Old Stories of Hanoi, Oath of Allegiance, Poor House, The Mouse, The Debtor, Stories of Northwest Vietnam, Desert Island, Chu's House, Magic Crossbow, Old Stories of Hanoi, Dust on Whose Feet, Evening After Evening, One Hundred Fairy Tales, The Adventures of the Cricket...

2. Research methods used

- Main research method: Narrative studies - a method of studying the structure of narrative texts and related issues, especially the issues of structure, narrative point of view, the role of the narrator, etc.

- Interdisciplinary approach: Approaching the work from a cultural perspective - A direction of post-classical narratology, contributing to deciphering the work within the cultural context in which it was created, as well as issues of cultural sensibility and the author's methods of expressing that cultural sensibility.

- In addition, we will also incorporate some comparative, systematic, and statistical research methods to fulfill the scientific objectives of the dissertation.

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

- An overview of the development and achievements of Narratology research, as well as the process of applying Narratology theory to literary research in Vietnam.

- An overview of the theory of structure in narrative works; the cultural approach in literary works; and the theory of point of view and narrator in literary works.

Applying narrative theory to the study of To Hoai's literary works:

+ Structural analysis: short stories, novels, memoirs, thereby highlighting the prominent features of To Hoai's artistic style in terms of genre, plot organization, and structural construction…

+ Survey across various cultural and sensory dimensions: regarding nature, society - customs, and people… Based on the socio-cultural context and cultural phenomena, highlight the cultural values ​​expressed in To Hoai's works, as well as the writer's philosophy of life and artistic conception.

+ The study examines the narrator and narrative point of view, the unique characteristics of the narrator's image, and the issue of shifting point of view…

3.2. Conclusion

- By applying theories of narrative studies, particularly in the art of plot organization and structural construction (from the perspective of classical narrative studies), and the issues of narrative point of view, narrative style, cultural sensibility, and delving deeper into the modes of expression and aesthetic characteristics of the narrative genre (from the perspective of post-classical narrative studies), the dissertation affirms the contributions of writer Tô Hoài to modern Vietnamese prose.

- Through generalizations and research, it can be seen that To Hoai's stories demonstrate the complex transformation of multiple "narrative roles" with many creative innovations in "narrative art," forming diversity in literary style. Applying narrative theory to the study of To Hoai's works not only contributes to clarifying the content and artistic value of To Hoai's stories scientifically in the light of narrative theory.

- This thesis initially explores common structural patterns in the short stories, novels, and memoirs/autobiographies of writer Tô Hoài, thereby revealing the diversity in the writer's art of constructing the structure of his works in various forms: psychological structure, logical-cause-and-effect structure, detailed structure, collage structure, character imagery structure, etc.

- Studying the cultural aspects in To Hoai's stories is a new approach, helping to clarify the author's portrait, his perspective, and his feelings about social life, as expressed through specific cultural and literary symbols, imagery, and signs. To Hoai rarely focuses on intensely antagonistic social conflicts; his cultural perception of society and customs is linked to the simple, everyday lives of rural people, traditional crafts, and colorful festivals, reflecting the life experience and cultural knowledge of a talented writer and journalist.

- The narrator's image in To Hoai's stories has many unique features, including flexibility in changing narrative viewpoints, language strongly influenced by colloquial folk speech, and a tone that is both simple, natural, and lyrical.

                                                            SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name:Ta Diem My

Thesis title:To Hoai's works from the perspective of narratology

Scientific branch of the thesis: Literature

Major: Literary theory Code: 60.22.01.20

The name of postgraduate training institution: Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

Thesis purposes:

- Learn about the theory of narratology and the use of narratology in literary research in Vietnam.

- Learn about writer To Hoai and his role in modern Vietnamese literature (including Vietnamese children's literature).

- Manipulating the theory of narratology with structural issues, plot, narrative viewpoints, storytellers, languages ​​... in parallel with the approach of culture, to learn about art narrated to make literary style of writer To Hoai.

Objectives:

To Hoai's works fall into three main categories: short stories (including short stories written for children), novels, and memoirs, such as: Que Nha, Que Nguoi, Muoi Nam, Chuyen cu Ha Noi, Giang the, Nha ngheo, O chuot, Khach no, Truyen Tay Bac, Dao Hoang, Nha Chu, No than, Chuyen cu Ha Noi, Cat bui chan ai, Chieu chieu, Mot tram co tich, De men phieu luu ki...

2. Research methods

- The main research method: Narrative learning - the method of studying the structure of narrative documents and related issues, especially structural issues, narrative points of view, the role of storytellers ...

- Interdisciplinary approach: Accessing the work from a cultural perspective - A direction of post-canonical narrative, contributing to decoding the work in the context of the culture of the work, as well as sensory issues Cultural perception and methods of expression of the cultural senses of the author.

- Besides, we will also combine a number of analytical research activities - synthesis, comparison - comparison, system - statistics... to perform the scientific task of the thesis.

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1. The major results

- Summary of process and achievements of narrative research, as well as the process of applying narrative theory to literary research in Vietnam.

- Theoretical outline of structural issues in narrative works; cultural approach in literary works; Theory of point of view and storyteller in the work.

Applying narrative theory in studying creative writing of To Hoai:

+ Surveying in terms of structure: short stories, novels, memoirs, thereby pointing out the highlights in To Hoai art style in terms of genre, art of organizing the plot and building structures ...

+ Survey on cultural sensory aspects: about nature, society - customs, people... Based on the socio-cultural context, cultural phenomena to highlight literary values ​​Chemistry is expressed in the work of To Hoai, as well as the conception of human life and the artistic concept of the writer

+ Surveying in the aspect of narrator and narrative viewpoint, the unique feature of the narrator image, the problem of shifting the viewpoint ...

3.2.Revisions

- From the application of theories of narrative, especially in terms of the art of organizing the plot and constructing the structure of work (the perspective of classical narrative), and the point of narrative viewpoint, narrative style, cultural senses, going deeper into the mode of expression and aesthetic characteristics of the narrative genre (the perspective of post-canon narrative study), the thesis affirms the contributions of the family. To Hoai literature for modern Vietnamese prose.

- Through the generalizations, research, we can see that To Hoai's story expresses a complex change of many "roles" with many creations in "narrative art", forming diversity in style. literature. Applying the theory of narrative to research To Hoai's works not only contributes to clarifying the value of content and art in To Hoai's story scientifically in the light of narrative theory.

- The thesis initially explores popular structural models in short stories, novels, memoirs and autobiographies of writer To Hoai, thereby seeing the diversity in the art of building structural works of houses. texts in many forms: psychological structure, logical - causal structure, detailed structure, assembled structure, image structure structure...

- The study of cultural sensory aspects in To Hoai's story is a new direction, helping to clarify the portrait of the author, the perspective, the feeling of the writer about social life and expressed through the typical symbols, symbols, cultural symbols and literature. To Hoai is less focused on social conflicts that were fiercely opposed, social cultural senses, writer's customs associated with the simple and everyday life of the villager, craft villages, Traditional festival with colorful and aftertaste, showing the capital, cultural capital of a talented writer - reporter.

- The image of the narrator in To Hoai's story has many unique features, the flexibility in changing the narrative point of view, the language imbued with folk-language, the tone is both natural and lyrical.