TTLV: Genre Intermingling in To Hoai's Memoirs (through *Dust on the Feet*, *Evening After Evening*, *Old Stories of Hanoi*)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Mai Thi Khanh Hoa          

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 6, 1990

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision No. 3683/2015/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2015, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:Genre intersection in To Hoai's memoirs (through *Dust on the Feet*, *Evening After Evening*, *Old Stories of Hanoi*)

8. Major: Literary Theory Code: 60.22.01.20

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Long– Faculty of Literature – University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- The thesis has systematized the basic theoretical issues and the history of the research problem on To Hoai's memoirs (Old Stories of Hanoi, Dust on the Feet, Evening After Evening).

- This thesis is a theoretical work that examines To Hoai's memoirs from a comparative genre perspective, showing the intermingling of memoirs with short stories and reportage in terms of point of view, characters, structure, language, and tone. From this, it affirms To Hoai's contributions to shaping the face of memoirs in the post-1975 period of reform in particular, and the face of Vietnamese literature in general.

11. Practical applications:

To serve as a reference material for literature students and those interested in researching To Hoai's memoirs.

12. Future research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Mai Thi Khanh Hoa 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 6, 1990 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 3683/2015/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2015 of the principal of University of Social sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: The integration of literary genres in To Hoai's memoir (through the Cat bui chan ai, Chieu Chieu, Stories of Hanoi)

8. Major: Literary theory Code: 60.22.01.20

9. Supervisors: PhD Pham Quang Long, Department of Literature – Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has systematized the fundamental theoretical issues and the literature review of To Hoai's memoir (the Chuyen of Hanoi, Cat bui chan ai, Chieu chieu).

- The thesis is a theoretical work that examines To Hoai's memoir through genre comparison and demonstrates the integration of genres between Memoir, Story and Reportage from various perspectives: viewpoints, characters, structures, languages, and tones. All of the above are to assert To Hoai's contribution towards making a firm stand for Memoir genre in the era of change, after 1975 in particular and also for Vietnamese Literature in general.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

Make reference materials for students of literature and research interests for To Hoai's memoir.

12. Further research directions, if any: No

13. Thesis-related publications: No