TTLV: The theme of war in the epic poem Tran Anh Thai

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Vu Mai Lien           

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 30, 1991

4. Place of birth: My Khe - Vinh Hong - Binh Giang - Hai Duong

5. Student recognition decision No. 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:The theme of war in the epic poem Tran Anh Thai.

8. Major: Vietnamese LiteratureCode: 60.22.01.21

9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ha Van Duc, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

Through the survey of three epic poems "Casting Shadows on the Sun", "Opening Day", "Each Flower One Sun", the thesis clarifies the characteristics of content as well as art in the epic poem Tran Anh Thai when writing about war. In terms of content, the thesis especially emphasizes a different perspective on war: looking at the pain of war from a human perspective, imbued with humanity, without distinguishing between us and the enemy when expressing thoughts about the pain of war. In terms of art, the thesis emphasizes the transformation of structural form from a strong narrative to a strong contemplative - philosophical character in addition to presenting the system of symbols as well as characteristics of poetic form, tone or language. These novelties not only distinguish Tran Anh Thai's epic poem from other epic poems but also open up a new direction in the development of epic poems at a time when epic poems are no longer as popular as before. At the same time, it affirms the author's success in this selective genre.

11. Practical application:

The thesis is a reference document for those who intend to research the topic of war in epic poems in general and Tran Anh Thai's epic poems in particular. At the same time, it contributes another document to the research works on epic poems - a genre that has always been considered difficult to accept.

12. Further research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Vu Mai Lien2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 30, 19914. Place of birth: My Khe - Vinh Hong - Binh Giang - Hai Duong

5. Admission decision number: 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SĐH Dated: December 31, 2014 from headmaster of Social Sciences and Humanities University, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: War theme in epics of Tran Anh Thai's.

8. Major: Department of LiteratureCode: 60.22.01.21

9. Supervisors: Associate professional Ph.D Ha Van Duc, Department of Literature, Social Sciences and Humanities University, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Having served 3 epics named “Do the bubbles fall to the ground”, “Right in the morning” and “Every kind of flower a mat troi”, in our thesis, we clarify the content and form characteristics of epics which are about war of Tran Anh Thai's. For content, the thesis especially emphasizes that the way Tran Anh Thai is aware of war is strange: the author doesn't have any distintion between Vietnamese and enemies, it is the same in people's pain and loss for Vietnamese or their opponents. So, that is human feelings and thoughts to mention war. For form, the thesis makes an emphasis on struture changing from narative struture into thoughtful one. In additions, the thesis also comes up in other items: symbol sytem, ​​combination of stype of poetry, language and tone. All above is very useful in distingushing Tran Anh Thai's epics with others and giving apart in developing type epic in a new tendency, specially the moment epic is not so attractive. Besides, it also affirms the success and talent of the author in this type of poetry which is so difficult to reach.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis is useful document for people who have intention of reseaching war theme in epics in generals as well as studying Tran Anh Thai's works. Moreover, it also makes abundance on the quantity of works studying epics.

12. Further research directions, if any: No

13. Thesis-related publications: No