1. Student's full name: NGUYEN THI THUY TIEN 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: December 13, 1998
4. Place of birth: Quang Ngai
5. Decision on student admission No. 2705/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 24, 2020, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process: None
7. Thesis title: The novel "Memory of Memory" by Nguyen Vinh Nguyen approached from the perspective of geo-literary theory.
8. Major: Literary Theory; Code: 8229030.01
9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Khanh Thanh, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
10. Summary of the thesis results:
In the mid-to-late 20th century, the formal formation of the theory of literary geography affirmed literature as a significant source of geographical knowledge and paid extensive attention to the relationship between geography and literature. The complexity and diversity of literary geography theory ultimately boil down to three main issues: the geographical environment and the writer, the geographical environment and the literary text, and the geographical environment and the reader. Today, literary geography studies continue to develop, linking with other critical practices and research fields, influencing how writers and readers engage with the text and its geographical space.
Nguyen Vinh Nguyen's novel, *Memories of Memories*, portrays a unique and complete geographical region of Da Lat with two distinct structures: a mythical and nostalgic geo-literary region. Behind this mythical and nostalgic character, Da Lat preserves within its heart slices of nature, culture, and politics, while simultaneously exposing the turbulent and complex reality of life and people there. Exploring the art of constructing Da Lat's geo-literary region in Nguyen Vinh Nguyen's *Memories of Memories*, we find that intertextual space and narrative art play a crucial role in revealing the geographical landscape of Da Lat.
11. Practical applications:
Geocultural studies not only make a significant contribution to the preservation and development of historical, cultural values and regional identity, but also serve as a valuable source of information for urban managers to consider when planning urban development projects that still retain the material and spiritual values of the geographical space.
12. Future research directions:
- A systematic study of geo-literary theory.
- A comparative study between the geographical features of Da Lat as depicted in Nguyen Vinh Nguyen's works and those of other writers who also write about Da Lat.
- Studying the characteristics of the geo-literary structure of other place names in Vietnamese literature.
13. Published works related to the thesis:
[1] Tran Khanh Thanh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Tien (2022), Literary geo-theory – initial outlines, Literary and art theory and criticism, (No. 05), pp. 41-51.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: NGUYEN THI THUY TIEN 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: December 13, 1998 4. Place of birth: Quang Ngai
5. Admission decision number: 2705/2020/QD-XHNV Dated: December 24, 2020 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process: None
7. Official thesis title: Nguyen Vinh Nguyen's Memory of memory approaches from literary geographical theory
8. Major: Literary theory 9. Code: 8229030.01
10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Tran Khanh Thanh, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
In the mid-twentieth century, the formal formation of literary geography theory confirmed literature as a significant source of geographical knowledge and gave extensive attention to the relationship between geography and literature. The complexity and diversity of literary geography theory still focuses on three main issues: geographical environment and writers, geographical environment and literary texts, geographical environment and readers. Today, the study of literary geography continues to evolve, making connections with other critical practices and fields of study, including the ways in which writers and readers engage with texts and geographical spaces.
Nguyen Vinh Nguyen's Memory of memory depicts a unique and complete geographical region of Da Lat with two structures: the legendary literary geography of region and the nostalgic literary geography of region. Behind that legendary and nostalgic feature, Da Lat has kept in the heart of the city slices of nature, culture and politics, exposing the volatile and complex reality of life and people here. Exploring the technique of constructing the literary geography of Da Lat in Nguyen Vinh Nguyen's Memory of memory, we realized that the intertextual space and narrative technique play an important role in revealing the geographical region of Da Lat.
12. Practical applicability, if any:
Literary geography research not only makes an important contribution to the conservation and development of historical, cultural and geographical values, but also serves as a valuable source of information for urban managers refer to it to ponder and plan urban development projects that still retain the material and spiritual values of geographical space.
13. Further research directions, if any:
- Studying sciences on literary geography theory
- Comparative studying between the geographical region of Da Lat in the work of Nguyen Vinh Nguyen and other writers who wrote about Da Lat
- Studying the characteristics of the literary geography structure of other places in Vietnamese literature
14. Thesis-related publications:
[1] Tran Khanh Thanh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Tien (2022), Literary geographical theory – early sketches, Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts, (05), pp. 41-51.
