Thesis information "Narrative art in Nam Cao's short stories before the Revolution" by HVCH Dao Thanh Nga, majoring in Vietnamese Literature.1. Full name of student: Dao Thanh Nga 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: October 28, 1984 4. Place of birth: Quang An Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi City 5. Student recognition decision No.: 598/QD/XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 11, 2007 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Narrative art in Nam Cao's short stories before the Revolution 8. Major: Vietnamese Literature; Code: 60 22 34 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Ha Van Duc - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summary of the thesis results: Writer Nam Cao has made great contributions to the modernization of the country's literature since the early days. He has found his own way in approaching and reflecting reality. If Nguyen Cong Hoan, Vu Trong Phung, Ngo Tat To - the excellent realist writers of the Democratic Front period (1936-1939) all focused on directly reflecting social contradictions and conflicts, then the works of Nam Cao - the most outstanding representative of the realist movement in its final stage (1940-1945) focused on expressing conflicts in the inner world of the characters. Never before have trivial daily stories had such a formidable power as in his works, from very ordinary stories, Nam Cao has truly touched on issues of a human nature, raised profound questions about life, about human fate, about social reform, about the future of the nation and humanity. He lived his life to the fullest and also wrote his life to the fullest, he believed in “live first, then write”, until the country called, he picked up the pen and lived for that great fight. His stories have an appeal that has not faded over time, even though in today’s era literature has made new developments, the atmosphere of the times is also different, readers have diverse needs for enjoyment. When reading Nam Cao’s literature, people who enjoy literature and art still find it attractive and sometimes they see Nam Cao’s literature as a shadow of life happening out there. His short stories have a narrator character who takes on a flexible role in telling the story, an underground structure that is difficult to break, a language style and tone that is especially attractive to readers. The thesis has proposed the study of Nam Cao’s works from the narratological research method - a useful tool for application to specific literary works. However, the literary value that Nam Cao left behind is still much that we have not yet discovered. Each era, when receiving Nam Cao's works, will still see many things that are considered eternal, the difficult problems of its time such as human problems, happiness, dignity, hunger and poverty... 11. Ability to apply in practice (if any): No 12. Further research directions (if any): No 13. Published works related to the thesis (if any): No
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS 1. Full name : Dao Thanh Nga 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: October 28th 1984 4. Place of birth: Quang An ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi 5. Admission decision number: 598/QD/XHNV-KH&SĐH Date October 11, 2007 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi). 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: The art of narrativeness in Nam Cao's Works 8. Major: Vietnamese Literature 9. Code: 60 22 34 10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ha Van Duc – University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Nam Cao's works are the important parts of Vietnam's literature during the first part of the 20th century wich was believed to be a process of literature modernization. He found his own way to approach and react to the facts. Following and developing the social descriptive path of Nguyen Cong Hoan, Ngo Tat To and Vu Trong Phung, Realism Democratic Movement 1936-1939, who concentrated on reflecting the conflict and divergence of the society, Nam Cao stuck himself into realism path. His way of writing is so alert that there is no place for illusion and polish. (1941-1945) – he focused on the lingering distressful tragedies of their inner souls, nature of the society full of slaves, backwardness, class discrimination, inequality which are the causes of human corruption. Never before, had the daily stories had such power in Nam Cao's stories, from the factual and daily issues, he was successful to approach the humanity issues, have new and eminent and deep look on life and human corruption, on social reform, the nationality and the word. Nam Cao's distinctive heritage of works has become increasingly significant in the descendants' eyes. His works long live with time no mater how the new development and the modern atmosphere of literature, the demand of readers are various and changing. By reading Nam Cao's stories, the reader can still feel the deeply impressed because they can see what was described in Nam Cao's wokers is happening around them. Nam Cao managed to create a more or less polyphonic language by paying due attention to the fluctuations and changes in characters' psychology. Being able to create a complex network of language including both outside and inside one wich are even integrated and mixed with each other. The thesis supposes to study the NamCao's works by using Narratology – one of the most useful tools for certain literature works. Nam Cao's works are remained much literature values that can be found by different approach, wich is always new to us such as humanism, happiness, human dignity, famine and poverty ect. (Summarize them with stress on the new findings, if any): None 12. Practical applicability, if any: None 13. Further research directions, if any: None 14. Thesis-related publications: None
