TTLV: Characteristics of the epic poem Le Thi May

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 15, 1990 4. Place of birth: An Thanh - Quynh Phu - Thai Binh

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Characteristics of the epic poem Le Thi May

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature; Code: 60 22 01 21

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Luu Khanh Tho - Head of Literary Research Magazine Department, Institute of Literature

10. Summary of thesis results:

- Le Thi May is the first female poet of the anti-American generation to write a long poem and achieve remarkable success. The thesis explores the unique content and art in the long poem Le Thi May, thereby highlighting the author's unique artistic style.

- The thesis points out the unique images in the epic poem Le Thi May. These are the image of the soldier, the image of the mother, the image of the country, the desire for happiness and the ideal of victory... creating an indomitable, resilient and beautiful image of Vietnam in both wartime and peacetime.

- The thesis exploits the familiar and new artistic features, full of creativity in the epic poem Le Thi May. That is the form of text organization, the language of life harmoniously combined with the language of folk nuances and the language rich in suggestive symbolism; the tone in the poem has both the heroic and tragic epic sound, and the lyrical philosophy, the later the philosophy in Le Thi May's poetry increases; the free verse form next to the traditional six-eight verse form and the final part full of echoes.

11. Practical applicability: The thesis can be a useful reference for students majoring in literature.

12. Further research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: September 15th, 1990 4. Place of birth: Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SĐH on December 28, 2012 by Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: The features of Le Thi May's Epic

8. Major: Vietnam Literature - Code: 60 22 01 21

9. Supervisors:

Full name: Associate Professor. Dr. Luu Khanh Tho - Head of Editor Board of Literary Studies Magazine, Institute of Literature

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- Le Thi May was the first female poet of the anti-american generation wrote epics and achieved remarkable success. The thesis focuses on finding characters of content and art in Le Thi May's Epic, thereby highlighting the unique art style of the author.

- The thesis points out the unique images in Le Thi May's Epic. They are the imaginations of the soldier, the mother, the country, the ambition of happiness and the desire of winning which makes Vietnam to be indomitable, tenacity and beautiful in both wartime and peacetime.

- The Thesis finds out the familiar and new and innovative characteristics of the art in Le Thi May's Epic. They include the form of text organization; the living language harmoniously combined with the folk language and the symbolic and suggestive language ; the tone of poetry is not only the voice of the epic but also tragic and lyrical philosophy. Later on, the philosophy in Le Thi May's Epic was more and more increasing; Le Thi May's Epic includes the free verse, the traditional six-eight- word verse and the last part.

11. Practical applicability: The Thesis can be useful reference for students of literature

12. Further research directions: None

13. Thesis-related publications: None