MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION
1. Student's full name:Nguyen Hoai Thu
2. Gender: female
3. Date of birth: October 25, 1977
4. Place of birth: Hoai Duc, Hanoi
5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013 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:Genre of literary portrait in the works of M.Gorky and K.Paustovsky: typological features.
8. Major: Foreign Literature Code: 60.22.01.45
9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pham Gia Lam,Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
10. Summary of thesis results:
The thesis has determined the origin and formation of the literary portrait genre in Russian literature from the second half of the 19th century. Based on the reference to the general characteristics of Soviet Russian prose in the 1920s - 1950s, the thesis studies the literary portrait genre in the works of M. Gorky and K. Paustovsky and draws the following typological characteristics of the genre.
Literary portrait is an artistic phenomenon that contains elements of documentary and artistic genres. In a literary portrait, the central image is the creator, the plot “oscillates” between real events in the biography and the ideas about the personality created by the author’s imagination. Therefore, the starting point of the plot of a literary portrait is “new knowledge” about the subject.
Regarding the object of reflection. The real-life character is considered by the author as an artistic whole, its biography is considered as an independent, completed "plot" on which to create a painting in words. The aesthetic nature of the literary portrait genre lies in the description of the subject's vivid personality - that is the unique nature of its "appearance", of its thinking, language, expressed through its personality, behavior as well as in its creative biography. Therefore, in the literary portrait, there is the presence of the author's concept of the character being described, making the character not completely coincide with its biography.
About the genre model. The characteristics of the literary portrait genre are expressed through the choice of genre and style of the author of the literary portrait. M. Gorky's portrait essays were composed in the 1920s-1930s - a period when prose had a narrative structure that leaned toward forms that directly expressed the author's point of view due to the penetration of journalistic and political elements into literature. Meanwhile, K. Paustovsky's portrait stories with the dominant role of "lyrical climax" in the narrative structure were in the general flow of prose in the early 1950s with the rise of romantic elements combined with philosophy.
Regarding the narrative structure. The common conflict, which is typical of all works in the literary portrait genre, is the conflict between the author's point of view and the point of view of "others" towards the object being reflected. One of the outstanding characteristics of the narrative in literary portrait is that the inner world of the author-narrator also becomes the object of reflection, expressing the creative personality of the writer.
11. Practical application:
References for Research and Teaching on Genre Theory
12. Further research directions: None
13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name:Nguyen Hoai Thu2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: October 25th1977.4. Place of birth: Hanoi, Vietnam.
5. Admission decision number: 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated on December 30th2013 by Rector of The University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in academic process: None
7. Official thesis title: Literary portraiture genre in works of M.Gorky and K.Paustovsky: The characteristics of genre
8. Major: Foreign Literature Code: 60.22.01.45
9. Supervisor:Associate Professor - PhD Pham Gia Lam – Faculty of Literature – The University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
The thesis determines the origin and development of the literary portraiture genre of Russian literature from the second half of the 21ststcentury. Being based on reference to the general characteristics of Russian Soviet prose from the 1920s to the 1950s, the thesis researched the part of literary portrait on the works of M.Gorky and K.Paustovsky and inferred the typical characteristics of genre as follows.
Literary portrait is an artistic phenomenon including elements of the documentary and artistic genres. Within works of literary portrait, the central image is the creative human, the plot oscillates among the real events during the biographies and attitudes to characters that were built by the writers' fancy. Therefore, the point of departure of literary portraiture plot is “a new knowledge” about candidate.
The reflective candidate: The real candidate was considered as the whole perfect art. Its biography was considered as independent “plot”, finished in order to rely on making a picture by words. Aesthetic substance of literary portraiture genre is in describing the candidate's lively character – that is the special nature of “aspect”, thought, language; expressions through characters, behaviors and in its creative biography as well. As a result, in literary portrait, there has been writer's attitude of candidate who was described, which made the candidate wasn't completely coincident with its biography.
The typical model. The characteristics of literary portraiture genre are shown through the choice genre and style of the literary portraiture writer. M.Gorky's portrait essays were written during the 1920s and the 1930s – a period of prose that had story's structure leaning towards the comprehensive journalistic elements on literature. Meanwhile, K.Paustovsky's portrait stories with the governable role of the lyrical climax on story belong to the general flow of prose in the early 1950s, with the rising of the romantic and philosophic elements.
The structure of the story. The general conflict, has typical nature to all works that belong to the literary portraiture genre, is the conflict between writer's view and the view of “others” about the candidate that was reflected. One of the remarkable characters of story on literary portrait is the writer's internal world – the teller also became the reflected candidate, showing the writer's creative individuality.
11. Practical applicability, if any:
Being a consultative document to research and teaching about the typical theory.
12. Further research directions, if any: none
13. Thesis-related publications: none
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