TTLV: Intertextuality in Wes Anderson's Postmodern Films

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Tran Cong Duc

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: May 10, 1989

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision No. 2998/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student's admission.

6. Changes in the training process: No changes

7. Thesis title:"Intertextuality in Wes Anderson's postmodern films"

8. Major: Theory, History and Criticism of Film and Television - Code: 60.21.02.31

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

10. Summary of the thesis results:

This thesis is the first attempt at exploring intertextuality in postmodern films by American director W. Anderson. In its execution, the thesis utilizes postmodern literary concepts that have been studied and introduced relatively comprehensively in Vietnam as a theoretical and methodological foundation for examining the characteristics of postmodernism and intertextuality in W. Anderson's cinematic works, emphasizing the director's spirit of overcoming postmodernism through its own means.

Intertextuality in W. Anderson's films is diverse, encompassing all fields and levels: the field of film adaptation; the field of subject matter and genre; and the field of narrative art.

When discussing the field of adaptation, this thesis emphasizes a typical form of adaptation: inspired adaptation. This free adaptation style allows directors to translate works from various art forms (literature, drama, opera, etc.), including non-art forms, and from various artistic trends (romanticism, realism, modernism) into postmodern works with a satirical spirit expressed at both parody and pastiche levels. This shows that the textual relationship between cinema and other art forms always holds potential, capable of opening up a different, seemingly endless space of existence. Anderson's film stylistic system, through its filming techniques and staging, demonstrates this immense potential.

To highlight the distinctive cinematic language of W. Anderson and effectively convey the director's artistic messages, this thesis attempts to analyze the unique cinematic techniques and skills in his films.

By analyzing the innovations brought about by intertextuality in W. Anderson's postmodern films, this thesis attempts to further explain the relationship between literature and cinema in the context of the intercultural transition of the 20th and 21st centuries. Through this, we hope to make a certain contribution to the theory of film adaptation, which has achieved some success in Vietnam.

Introducing the postmodern films of independent American director W. Anderson, this thesis aims to explore one of the emerging trends in world cinema, hoping to make a contribution to Vietnamese cinema, which is currently yearning for high artistic achievements to integrate with the global film industry.

11. Practical applications:

12. Future research directions:

This thesis topic opens up new avenues of research on the postmodern movement in world cinema.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

“The Postmodern Reconstruction Spirit in American Cinema (Through the Films of Director Wes Anderson)”, published in the Vietnam Arts Forum Magazine, issue 256, May 2016, pages 79 to 86.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Tran Cong Duc 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: May 10, 1989 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2998/QD-XHNV-SĐH, Dated December 30, 2013 of the Director of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title: Intertextuality in postmodern films of Wes Anderson

8. Major: History theory and Film – Television criticism Code: 60.21.02.31

9. Supervisors: Prof – PhD: Pham Gia Lam, Literature Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Thesis is the first attempt to write about intertextuality in film which built in postmodern tendencies of W. Anderson, an American director. In the process of implementing, applying theses notions of postmodernism in literature have been studied and are relatively comprehensive introduction in Vietnam to theoretical foundation and methodology for looking at the characteristics of the postmodern and the associated text of the cinematographic works of W. Anderson, highlighting the spirit of postmodern fix itself of this talented director.

Intertextuality in the film of W. Anderson represent diverse, in all areas, levels: the field of film adaptations; subject field, genre, narrative art field.

When referring to the field of adaptations, thesis emphasizes adaptation typical form: inspiring. Freely adapting this style allows the director to shift from the works of many different art forms (literature, theater, comedy ...), including non-artistic types, from many different artistic tendencies together (romance, realism, modernist) to work with the spirit of postmodern parody of it expressed both at the level of parody, and pastiche. This suggests that the relationship between the film text and other forms of art always contains potential, can open up a space like endless existence. Style system of Anderson film through technical rotating stages and staging scenes for the great potential we see there.

To emphasize the characteristic cinematic language of W. Anderson to convey the message effectively to the art director, the thesis attempts to analyze every of unique cinematic technique in his films.

From the analysis of the innovations brought by the joint text of the film's postmodern W. Anderson, thesis also tries to add an understanding of the relationship between literature and cinema in the context of intercultural assignment of the XX-XXI centuries. Therefore, we hope to make a certain contribution to the theory of film adaptations, which achieved some success in Vietnam.

Introducing the film's postmodern of American independent director, W. Anderson, thesis wants to reach one of the new trends of world cinema, hope to contribute to Vietnam cinema which is now liking to high artistic achievement in the way of integrating into world cinema.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

12. Further research directions, if any:

Thesis opens up new research directions of postmodern trends in world cinema.

13. Thesis-related publications:

"The spirit of overcoming postmodern film in America (Through film directed by Wes Anderson)", published in the Journal of the Vietnam Cultural Forum No. 256, May 2016, pages 79 - 86.