TYLA: Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories from the perspective of aesthetic categories

Author name: Nguyen Thi Kieu Huong

Thesis title:Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories from the perspective of aesthetic categories.

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 research objects of the thesis

1.1. Research purpose:

Applying the achievements of modern aesthetic theory to approach the phenomenon of Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories to clarify the expression, nature and effects of aesthetic categories in the works. From there, correctly perceive the aesthetic value of the work as well as the talent and creative personality of the writer.

1.2. Research subjects:

Basic aesthetic categories are shown in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

2. Research methods used

- Typological method

- Systemic approach

- Interdisciplinary research methods

- Approach to poetics

- Cultural approach

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

Chapter 1: OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM

- The theoretical basis of modern aesthetics (about the concept, aesthetic nature and expression) revolves around the basic aesthetic categories (the Beautiful, the Sublime, the Tragic and the Comedy).

- General introduction about author Nguyen Huy Thiep, his literary career and journey of creating short stories.

- Survey of approaches to Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories and the research situation of Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories from the perspective of aesthetic categories.

Chapter 2: THE BEAUTY AND THE SUBLIME

- Survey the author's concept of Beauty, the expression of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Establish the aesthetic nature and aesthetic effects of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Examine the author's concept of the Sublime and the expression of the Sublime in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Establish the aesthetic nature and aesthetic effect of the Sublime in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

Chapter 3: THE TRAGIC AND THE COMEDY

- Examine the author's concept of compassion, the expression of beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Establish the aesthetic nature and aesthetic effects of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Examine the author's concept of Comedy, the expression of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Establish the aesthetic nature and aesthetic effects of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

Chapter 4: PARADOX AND THE RUDE

- Examine the author's concept of Paradox, the expression of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Establish the aesthetic nature and aesthetic effects of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Examine the author's concept of the Vulgar, the expression of the Beautiful in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

- Establish the aesthetic nature and aesthetic effects of Beauty in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories.

3.2. Conclusion

1.Studying Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories from the perspective of aesthetic categories is an approach that has great significance both in theory and practice. It helps researchers flexibly apply modern theoretical achievements while objectively and more accurately perceiving the nature of aesthetic phenomena in writing, avoiding extreme biases about the case of Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories in particular and literary phenomena in general.

2.Through studying Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories from the perspective of aesthetic categories, we can clearly see the author's constantly innovative and creative thinking in the way he conceives of the presence of aesthetic categories in life, in people and especially in art. With Beauty, he considers accuracy to be the prerequisite for creating worthy values ​​for people, life and art. With Sublime, the writer makes a request to de-mystify the Sublime in tradition to strive to find the true ultimate values ​​in the present and everyday life. With Tragedy, Nguyen Huy Thiep directs readers to an attitude of not avoiding but daring to look straight at pain and nakedness to generate faith and good values ​​for life. In Comedy, it is a serious proposal to re-perceive the nature of life, the value of people and oneself through laughter and mockery. The Paradox is the demonstration of the complex, impermanent and unpredictable nature of reality so that people can awaken themselves from their misunderstandings and be lulled into mass truths. The Crude is the effort to accept the shortcomings of reality in order to appreciate and empathize more with the good parts of human life.

3.Nguyen Huy Thiep has been very successful in creating positive effects on aesthetic categories in his works. Those effects are established by the writer with a sharp, individualistic sense through a world of extremely rich and vivid images, with story situations that are both real and surprising and a language style that optimizes polyphony, polyphony, polysemy... In each category, the writer often only provides information and data rich in "suggestive" power about the object, while always leaving space for readers in the role of the subject to contemplate and realize aesthetic perceptions according to their own opinions, while at the same time guiding readers to a multi-dimensional, multi-dimensional view of all aspects of life. That is why the emotions about the presence of Beauty, Sublimity, Tragedy, Comedy or Paradox, and Crudeness in the work are all very natural, touching the consciousness of contemporary readers. At the same time, the reality is expanded and approached to the maximum in scope, helping Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories escape the narrow limits of small-scale narrative works, seemingly completed, to become "variations" of short stories, short stories turned into novels that are attractive and informative to readers.

4.Writer Nguyen Huy Thiep always shows a consistent and determined attitude when expressing aesthetic categories in his works. However, in the effort to move towards those ideal aesthetic values, not all of the writer's artistic experiments are successful and recognized. The fierce criticism of a part of readers against "excessive fiction" or vulgar, extreme details revolving around special categories such as the Sublime, the Paradox and the Vulgar... is completely justified because they are not really convincing and have a positive aesthetic effect on the public and readers. Finally, overcoming all unwanted limitations, the rich and multi-faceted co-existence of aesthetic categories in Nguyen Huy Thiep's short stories are still pages full of innovative spirit in terms of perception and aesthetics. The efforts of exploration and creative personality consistently revealed in each work deserve our recognition of Nguyen Huy Thiep as one of the most outstanding short story writers of modern Vietnamese literature.

SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name: Nguyen Thi Kieu Huong

Thesis title:Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story from the perspective of aesthetic categories.

Scientific branch of the thesis: Literary

Major: Literary Theory Code: 60.22.01.20

The name of postgraduate training institution: University of Socia Sciences and Humanities - Viet Nam National University, Hanoi.

1. Research methods

- Type method

- System approach method

- Interdisciplinary research method

- Approach to the poetic method

- Approach to the cultural method

2. Major results and conclusions

3. The major results

Chapter 1: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ISSUES

- Introduce the theoretical basis of modern aesthetics about the categories of aesthetic (such as: the Beauty, the Great, the Tragedy and the Comedy).

- Introduce the Nguyen Huy Thiep author, his literary career and his journey of creating short stories.

- Survey the approaches to short story of Nguyen Huy Thiep and the research situation of short stories Nguyen Huy Thiep from the perspective of aesthetic categories.

Chapter 2: THE BEATY AND THE GREAT IN NGUYEN HUY THIEP SHORT STORY

- Survey the Nguyen Huy Thiep's concept about the Beauty and survey the expression of the Beauty in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Establish the nature of Beauty and its aesthetic effect in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Survey the Nguyen Huy Thiep's concept about the Great and survey the expression of the Great in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Establish the nature of Great and its aesthetic effect in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

Chapter 3: THE TRAGEDY AND THE COMEDY IN NGUYEN HUY THIEP SHORT STORY

- Survey the Nguyen Huy Thiep's concept about the Tragedy and survey the expression of the Tragedy in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Establish the nature of Tragedy and its aesthetic effect in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Survey the Nguyen Huy Thiep's concept about the Comedy and survey the expression of the Comedy in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Establish the nature of Comedy and its aesthetic effect in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

Chapter 4: THE PARADOX AND THE ROUGH IN NGUYEN HUY THIEP SHORT STORY

- Survey the Nguyen Huy Thiep's concept about the Paradox and survey the expression of the Paradox in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Establish the nature of Paradox and its aesthetic effect in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Survey the Nguyen Huy Thiep's concept about the Rough and survey the expression of the Rough in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

- Establish the nature of Rough and its aesthetic effect in the Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story.

3.2. Conclusions

1. Reseaching the short story of Nguyen Huy Thiep from the perspective of aesthetic categories is a significant approach in both theoretical and practical aspects. It helps researchers flexibly apply modern theoretical achievements while being more objective and meaningful than the nature of aesthetic phenomena in writing, avoiding the extreme bias about the case of short stories. Nguyen Huy Thiep in particular and literary phenomena in general.

2. We can see clearly the author's relentless innovation and creativity from about theaesthetic categories thingkings of Nguyen Huy Thiep in the life, in the people and especially in the art. With Beauty, he considers accuracy to be a prerequisite to creating worthy values ​​for the people, the life and the art. With the Great, he made a request to award the sacred image of the Noble in the tradition in an attempt to find the true and correct values ​​in the present and daily life. With Tragedy, Nguyen Huy Thiep directed the reader to the attitude of not avoiding but daring to look directly at the pain, the nakedness to generate faith and good values ​​for life. In the Comedy, it is a strict proposal to re-realize the nature of life, the value of people and oneself through laughter and ridicule. In the Paradox, it's a demonstration of the complicated, impermanence and uncertainty of reality in order for people to awaken themselves from misunderstandings and to lull themselves into crowd truths. In the Rude, it is an attempt to accept the flaws of reality to appreciate, empathize more than the good parts of human life.

3. Nguyen Huy Thiep has been had very successful when he's created positive effects about the aesthetic categories in his works. These effects are set by an exciting point of view, a special character world, the unexpected story situations and a strange new language style... In each aesthetic category, the writer often only presents information and data "suggestion" about the subject, but always leaves room for the readers in the subject role to contemplate and enlighten themselves. Aesthetic perception according to their own opinions, and at the same time direct the reader to a multi-dimensional, multi-dimensional view of all aspects of life. Therefore, the feelings about the presence of Beauty, the Great, the Tragedy, the Comedy, the Paradox, or the Rough in his works are very natural, reaching the minds of the readers. Besides it, the expanded reality and maximum reach of the scope helped Nguyen Huy Thiep's short story to escape beyond the narrow restrictions of small-sized narrative compositions, which seemed to be perfect for becoming short-form "variations", short stories of fascinating and informative novels with readers.

4. Nguyen Huy Thiep's always showed a consistent and drastic attitude when he's written about the aesthetic categories in his works. However, there are some unsuccessful in his artistic experiments about the aesthetic categories. These are "excessive fantasies" or vulgar, extreme details that revolve around categories especially the Great, the Paradox and the Rude in his short story... which are not really convincing and positive aesthetic effect to the public, or the readers. Thruogh although, Nguyen Huy Thiep still deserves to be one of the best short stories of modern Vietnamese literature because his short stories're really interesting and exciting.