TTLV: War narrative model in the work "War without a woman's face" by Svetlana Alexievich

1. Student's name: Nguyen Trong Truong

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: September 1, 1995

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2769/QD-XHNV dated October 27, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Thesis topic: War narrative model in the work "War without a woman's face" by Svetlana Alexievich

7. Major: Literary Theory Code: 60220120

8. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Khanh Thanh - University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

9. Summary of thesis results:

If simply receivedWar has no female faceFrom the women's speeches, we see their stories segmented and assembled. If we examine the work from a stereoscopic perspective, we will see the uniqueness in the writer's "narrative strategy". SurveyWar has no female face, the thesis focuses on the artistic thinking and stance of the writer when approaching the history of war. War is not for women, but war is built with their faces, voices and emotions. The way of placing many "voices" about war side by side also shows the principle of organizing the work. The realistic picture is reflected from many perspectives, expanding the range of reflection and enriching people's perception of existence. Moreover, the thesis also decodes the writer's way of facing and exposing the reality of the writer's life in the context of the position and historical role of women being degraded.

On the artistic level, the work has a unique form, promoting thinking about the nature of art, which is creativity. The language is highly reflective and removes all prejudices and barriers by creating "de-centered" and "de-me" revolutions to bring them back to their true nature. Besides, there is also multi-valued narrative, multi-voice, multi-subject, polyphonic writing style affirming strong innovations in narrative strategy, approaching postmodern aesthetics.

Information about Master Dissertation

1. Full name: Truong Nguyen Trong

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: 01/09/1995

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to legalize student No: 2769 on October 27th 2017 by the Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University

6. Title of the Master Dissertation: The model of war narrative in “The unwomanly face of war” by Svetlana Alexievich

7. Major: Literary Theories Code: 60220120

8. Research supervisor: Prof. Thanh Tran Khanh - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University

9. Result summary:

If the story is simply explored from women's discourse, we are able to see only its segmented or assembled sides. When it is considered from a stereoscopic vision, we can recognize the writer's unique “narrative strategy”. By examining “The unwomanly face of war”, the thesis aims at artistic thinking and the writer's position when approaching the history of war. The war is not for women, but it is built based on their own faces, voices and emotions. Setting up together many “voices” about war also indicates Alexievich's principles of organizing his work. The realistic picture is reflected under many perspectives, widening and enriching human's awareness of existence and survival. This thesis, more than that, explains how Alexievich faced and exposed the reality of his life in the context of when women's positions and roles in creating history were lowered. On the art side, the work is composed in a distinctive manifestation, levels up readers' thinking about the nature of art, which is the creativity. The language used is highly reflective, and all prejudices and barriers are eliminated by establishing “non-central” revolutions to bring them back to their true identity. Besides, there is a multi-vocal tone.