TTLV: The art of narrative in James Joyce's novel *Portrait of a Young Artist*

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Le Thi Cam Nhung

2. Gender: female

3. Date of birth: January 8, 1990

4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Decision to recognize student number:2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDHDecember 30, 2013, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: The deadline for completing the thesis has been extended to June 2016.

7. Thesis Title:The art of narrative in James Joyce's novel *Portrait of a Young Artist*.

8. Major: Literary Theory Code::60.22.01.20

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Thanh HungUniversity of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- This thesis clarifies the innovations in James Joyce's narrative style in his work *Portrait of a Young Artist*. Through this, we can see the author's contributions to narrative technique and methods in creative writing in particular and literature in general.

- From a theoretical perspective: This thesis contributes to a deeper understanding of the creative process and clarifies the role of elements directly related to narration – an important method in literary creation and criticism. Based on this understanding, the writer can create their own unique works.

- Regarding practical value: The research findings of this thesis can be applied in the process of studying and criticizing the innovation of narrative methods in modern Vietnamese novels through the basic manifestations mentioned in the thesis.

11. Practical applications:

This thesis serves as a reference for students and trainees majoring in Literature, as well as those interested in literary theory, criticism, and the writer James Joyce.

12. Future research directions: none

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION OF MASTER THESIS

1. Full name of trainee: Le Thi Cam Nhung 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: 08 January 19904. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Decision of excluding trainee No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013 by Rector of VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

6. Changes in training process: Implementation period of the thesis was extended in May 2016.

7. Thesis topic: Narrative art in the novel “A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce.

8. Major: Literary theory Code: 60.22.01.20

9. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof., Ph. D. Pham Thanh Hung, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

10. Thesis matching:

- The thesis has clarified the improvement in narrative art of James Joyce through the novel A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Whereby, we can see the distribution of the writer about narrative technique and method in the composition in particular and in the file of literature in general.

- About the theoretical aspect: The thesis has contributed more acute awareness of the creative process as well as clarifying the role of factors related directly to the narrative method - an important method of literature composition and criticism. Based on the knowledge, that the writer has his own creativity.

- About practical value: Results of the thesis may be applied in the process of researching and criticizing the improvement in narrative method in modern novels of Vietnam through the basic expressions that the novel mentioned.

11. Applicability in practice: The thesis may become reference for students of philology and those who pay attention to literary theory and criticism as well as pay attention to James Joyce.

12. Following research directions: None.

13. The published works related to the thesis: None.