TTLV: Director Lau Diep's style from the author's theoretical perspective (Through three works: Suzhou River, Summer Palace, and Phu Thanh Me Su)

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Le Thi Thanh Loan                      

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 12, 1980

4. Place of birth: Phu Tho

5. Decision on student admission No. 2415/2015/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated October 13, 2015, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Lou Ye's directorial style from an authorial theory perspective (Through three works: Suzhou River, Summer Palace, and Fucheng Mystery)

8. Major: Theory, History and Criticism of Film and Television Code: 60.21.02.31

9. Scientific instructor:Dr. Hoang Cam Giang, Head of the Department of Art Studies, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

"The concept of authorship is a crucial moment in the process of individualization in the history of thought, knowledge, literature, as well as in the history of philosophy and science." The emergence of authorship theory affirmed the central creative role of the director. Through their cinematic works, directors express their perspectives, viewpoints, and feelings about the multifaceted issues of life.

Examining Chinese cinema from an auteur stylistic perspective, specifically through the lens of a distinctive director like Lou Ye, allows us to gain insight into the overall dynamics of the inevitable shifts in cinematic history and discover the unique characteristics and beauty of a local culture.

Studying this filmmaker's work from an auteuristic perspective to identify stylistic similarities is a necessary and timely research direction for recognizing and affirming the artist's creative efforts in innovation and exploration, both in terms of content and technique, shaping a unique style distinct from other filmmakers. Lou Ye, as a director of the sixth generation in China, has enriched the national film industry with a fresh and impressive color, representing a small, individual micro-history alongside the cinema of grand stories and "grand narratives." The "minor cinema" genre chosen by Lou Ye is a dialogue with the mainstream film trend; it is a genre that lies outside the established categories and conventional systems of genre and style. It stands in opposition to the majority, to orthodoxy, and to tradition, which is full of magnificent but fixed, rigid, and cumbersome archetypes. "Nothing is essential or revolutionary except the minor/secondary"; it means "hating all the languages ​​of the masters," and "being a foreigner in one's own language."

11. Practical applications:

The thesis serves as a resource for students researching literature and film, and interdisciplinary subjects such as authorship theory, poetics, psychology, narrative theory, etc.

12. Further research directions:

The styles of some contemporary independent directors around the world, authorship theory in a postmodern context, the discourse of personal identity in Lou Ye's films, or personal narratives about historical themes in Lou Ye's films.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

The article “Jules and Jim” – a gentle break with the French “tradition of quality” was published in the Journal of Theatre and Cinema Studies, No. 14/2007, pp. 44 – 50.

The article "Lau Diep – the style of a 'rebellious' person" was published in the Journal of Theatre and Film Studies, No. 15/2007, pp. 62-70.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Le Thi Thanh Loan 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 12, 1980 4. Place of birth: Phu Tho

5. Admission decision number: 2415/2015/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated 13 rd October 2015, by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Lou Ye's style from the auteur theory perspective (Through three films: Suzhou River, Summer Palace, Mystery)

8. Major: Film and Television theory and criticism Code: 60.21.02.31

9. Supervisors: Dr. Hoang Cam Giang, Head of the Department of Arts, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

“Nevertheless, as a privileged moment of individualization in the history of ideas, knowledge, and literature, or in the history of philosophy and science, the question of the author demands a more direct response.” The birth of the auteur theory has maintained the major creative force of the director. The director has expressed his point-of-views, his feeling about the multi-faceted life through his films.

Considering Chinese cinema from auteur theory perspective, Lou Ye – a personal filmmaker in particular, we can see partly the overview, the indispensible switch in history of cinema, to discover the specialty, the beauty of a local culture.

This auteur study of Lou's style in which find similarities in style, is a necessary and timely research direction to identify and maintain creative efforts of the artist in innovation, exploring both the content and the technology shaping a style separates from other filmmakers. Lou as a director of China's Sixth Generation filmmakers has enriched his own country's cinema with a new color, impressive as the existence of a micro-history - tiny individual with the cinema of the big stories, the “great narrative”. The minor cinema that Lou has chosen is the dialogue with the mainstream cinema, which is the line that falls outside the categories and systems of classic genre and style. It is in opposition to the majority, with various magnificent patterns but stable, rigid and severe traditions. “There is nothing that is major or revolutionary except the minor. To hate all languages ​​of masters [...] To be sort of foreigners within his own language.”

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis are materials for students studying literature and cinema, and interdisciplinary subjects such as auteur theory, poeticology, psychology, narratology,...

12. Further research directions, if any:

Style of some independent contemporary filmmakers around the globe, auteur theory in a postmodern context, Lou's personal identity discourse or Lou's personal narrative about history.

13. Thesis-related publications:

Article “Jules an Jim” – a sweet farewell to the French “tradition of quality” printed in The Journal of Theater and Film Studies, No. 14/2007, pg. 44 – 50.

Article Lou Ye – style of “an unequivocal” printed in The Journal of Theater and Film Studies, No. 15/2017, pg. 62 – 70.