TTLV: Degenerate characters in Ho Anh Thai's works

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:VU DINH VU: 2. Gender:Male

3. Date of birth:09/12/1980

4. Place of birth:Republic – Hung Ha – Thai Binh

5. Decision to recognize student number:2797 dated December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Degenerate characters in Ho Anh Thai's works

8. Major:Vietnamese Literature9: Code60.22.01.21

10. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Truong Dang Dung, Institute of Literature

11. Summary of thesis results:

- The thesis analyzes in depth the character who is degenerate due to passion for fame and power; due to intoxication with lust; due to greed for material wealth; due to decadent, heartless, cruel lifestyle and the deformed character type in Ho Anh Thai's works. At the same time, the thesis points out the cause of degeneration of this type of character, thereby warning people against the risk of degeneration due to the current social environment.

- The thesis also points out the artistic techniques used by Ho Anh Thai when building degenerate characters, especially postmodern techniques such as the art of blurring characters; the art of naming characters; the satirical tone; the art of building instinctive people and the art of building deformed characters.

12. Practical applicability: No

13. Further research directions: None

14. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name:Vu Dinh Vu2. Sex:Male

3. Date of birth:09^thDecember 1980                            

4. Place of birth:Cong Hoa Ward, Hung Ha District, Thai Binh Province

5. Admission decision number:2797, Dated 28^thDecember, 2012 of the principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:Demoralized/Alienated Characters in Ho Anh Thai's writing.

8. Major:Vietnamese Literature9. Code:60.22.01.21               

10. Supervisors:Associate Professor, Doctor Truong Dang Dung, Literature Institute.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- Thesis analizes in depth of characters alienated/demotalized by the passion of fame and power; intoxicated by lust; greedy for material goods; lifestyle depraved, heartless, cruel and demoralized characters that forms in the works of Ho Anh Thai. The thesis also figures out causes of the alienation of these types of characters, thus warning people at risk of alienation/dehumanation due to the current social environment.

- The thesis also shows the art of counterpoint that Ho Anh Thai had used when building character alienation, especially art of post-modern counterpoint such as blurring of character; art of naming characters; tone of parody; art of building human instinct and art of building character with deformation.

12. Practical applicability: No

13. Further research directions: No

14. Thesis-related publications: No