TTLV: The character of the soldier in the novel Khuat Quang Thuy

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN VAN HUNG 2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: 02/07/1981

4. Place of birth: Hai Chau Commune, Tinh Gia District, Thanh Hoa Province

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1698/QD-XHNV. July 11, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process:

(record the forms of change and the corresponding time)

7. Thesis topic: The character of the soldier in the novel Khuat Quang Thuy

8. Major: Literary Theory; Code: 60.22.01.20

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. PHAM THANH HUNG.

University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

(Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name and working organization)

10. Summary of thesis results:

With the aim of pointing out the system of ways to build soldier characters in Khuat Quang Thuy's novels (specifically through the novels)In the Whirlwind, No Joke, DuelandThe Deserted Peak), the thesis aims to clarify the movement of artistic thought in Khuat Quang Thuy's works through the development stages of Vietnamese literature from 1980 to present.

By collecting, analyzing and comparing, combining the use of specific arguments (citing texts), the thesis has evaluated and pointed out the movement in the process of building the image of the soldier character in Khuat Quang Thuy's novels; thereby affirming the significant contribution of Khuat Quang Thuy's novels in the innovation process of modern Vietnamese literature in general, and literature on the topic of "Armed Forces - Revolutionary War" in particular...

FromIn the Whirlwind (1980), No Joke (1985), Confrontation (2007)andThe Desolate Heights (2016),We can see that writer Khuat Quang Thuy has carried out a journey of continuous and bold innovation in both artistic thinking, creative thinking, image and human destiny... There, his soldier character is also exploited more deeply, more multi-faceted, expressing a more humane and fair view of the writer - a soldier who both holds a gun and a pen, once on the battlefield and now stands at a new perspective, a perspective with historical distance and national reconciliation thinking...

Through the topic of soldiers in particular, and novels in general, we can see the steady writing power of Khuat Quang Thuy. He truly deserves to be an excellent writer of contemporary Vietnamese prose, especially prose written on the topic of "Armed Forces - Revolutionary War" - a subject that always affirms the true value and appeal of a great subject, always living forever with time because its vitality remains forever intact.

11. Practical application: (if any)

The thesis can become a set of reference documents, helping readers, researchers, especially young writers today to reflect to better understand soldiers and revolutionary war. In particular, the issues raised in the thesis can be very helpful for those who want to learn more deeply or pursue the field of literature on the topic of soldiers and the Vietnamese revolutionary war.

12. Further research directions: (if any)

13. Published works related to the thesis:

(list projects in chronological order if available)

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYEN VAN HUNG 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: July 2, 1981

4. Place of birth: Hai Chau commune, Tinh Gia district, Thanh Hoa province

5. Admission decision number: 1698/QD-XHNV Dated dated July 11, 2017 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University

6. Changes in academic process:

(List the forms of change and corresponding times)

7. Official thesis title: “Soldier's character in Khuat Quang Thuy's novels”

8. Major: Speciality: Literature argument 9. Code: 60.22.01.20

10. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Dr. PHAM THANH HUNG, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University

(Full name, academic title and degree)

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: To reveal the system in building soldier's character in Khuat Quang Thuy's novels (include:Print the whirlwind, Not just kidding, Dual conflict,andDeserted Pinnacle). The thesis clearly states acting process of art thinking in writing by Khuat Quang Thuy throughout Vietnamese literature development process since 1980.

Through statistics, analysis as well as comparison together with using detailed data (by document quotation), the thesis has evaluated and shown out the development process of building soldier's character in Khuat Quang Thuy's novels, which has confirmed remarkable contribution of Khuat Quang Thuy's novels to the renovation process of Vietnam's modern literature in general, and writings on “Armed forces – Revolutionary war” in particular.

Reading such novels as: “Print the whirlwind (1980), Not just kidding(1985), Dual conflict(2007),andDeserted Pinnacle(2016)), we can see that Khuat Quang Thuy has conducted a severe and daring renovation process on art thinking, writing ideas, human's character and destiny... Within his works, the soldier's character is exploited more profoundly, more polyhedronly, through which his humanity and kindness has been clearly revealed as he has been a soldier in wartime and a writer in peacetime, which has helped him to have diversified views historically and thinking on nation's harmony...

Through his writing theme on soldier in particular and his works in general, Khuat Quang Thuy's writing power has been demonstrated, which shows that he has deserved to be one of the most outstanding writers of modern Vietnamese literature, especially literature on “Armed forces - Revolutionary war” - which has proven to be an interesting, attractive and valuable writing topic as its vitality has been remained unharmed through time.

12. Practical applicability, if any: The thesis should be considered to be reference document which can help readers, reseachers, especially young writers to have better understanding in soldiers as well as revolution war. In particular, such issues revealed by the thesis may be useful to ones who want to deeply understand or pursue the writing theme on soldier and Vietnam revolution war as well

13. Further research directions, if any:

14. Thesis-related publications:

(List them in chronological order)