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. Student recognition decision No. 2705/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 24, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in training process: No
7. Thesis topic: Novel Memory of Memory by Nguyen Vinh Nguyen, approached from the theory of literary geography
8. Major: Literary Theory; Code: 8229030.01
9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Khanh Thanh, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
10. Summary of thesis results:
In the mid-late 20th century, the formal formation of literary geography theory 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 still boils down to three main issues: geographical environment and writers, geographical environment and literary texts, and geographical environment and readers. Today, literary geography studies continue to develop, creating connections with other critical practices and fields of study, influencing the ways in which writers and readers engage with texts and their geographical spaces.
The novel Memory of Memory by Nguyen Vinh Nguyen depicts a unique and complete geographical area of Da Lat with two structures: the legendary literary geographical area and the nostalgic literary geographical area. Behind that legendary and nostalgic character, Da Lat has preserved in the heart of the city slices of nature, culture and politics, while exposing the turbulent and complex reality of life and people here. Exploring the art of constructing Da Lat's literary geographical area in the novel Memory of Memory by Nguyen Vinh Nguyen, we realize that intertextual space and narrative art play an important role in revealing the geographical area of Da Lat.
11. Practical application:
Geographical research not only contributes significantly to the preservation and development of historical, cultural and geographical identity values, but is also a valuable source of information for urban managers to refer to in order to contemplate and plan urban development projects that still preserve the material and spiritual values of geographical space.
12. Further research directions:
- Systematic research on the theory of literary geography
- Comparative study between the geographical area of Da Lat in the works of Nguyen Vinh Nguyen and other writers who also wrote about Da Lat
- Research on the characteristics of the geographical 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), Theory of literary geography - initial sketches, Theory and criticism of literature and art, (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.
