Information on the thesis "Novels about the Vietnam War after 1975 from a narrative perspective (through Chu Lai's *Beggar of the Past*, Bao Ninh's *The Sorrow of War*, and Le Luu's *The Distant Past*)" by graduate student Nguyen Thi Vui, majoring in Vietnamese Literature.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Thi Vui 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: November 3, 1986 4. Place of Birth: Pho Tai – Luong Tai – Van Lam – Hung Yen 5. Decision No. 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 21, 2010, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Novels about the Vietnam War after 1975 from a narrative perspective (through Chu Lai's *Beggar of the Past*, Bao Ninh's *The Sorrow of War*, and Le Luu's *The Distant Past*). 8. Major: Vietnamese Literature; Code: 10030552 9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ha Van Duc, University of Social Sciences and Humanities 10. Summary of thesis results: The process of surveying and studying novels about the Vietnam War after 1975 from a narrative perspective through three works: Chu Lai's *Beggar of the Past*, Bao Ninh's *The Sorrow of War*, and Le Luu's *The Distant Past*, the thesis achieved the following results: - The thesis examines novels about the war after 1975 from a narrative perspective, thereby affirming that novels about the war after 1975 have changed compared to novels written about the war before 1975. Due to the change in artistic inspiration, from epic inspiration to personal and social inspiration, the narrative art has also transformed, exemplified by the works *Beggar of the Past*, *The Sorrow of War*, and *The Distant Past*. - While novels about war during wartime often focused on plot, building thrilling storylines; Along with chronological structures, post-1975 war novels do not focus on plot. They no longer adhere to traditional structures but adopt modern forms: psychological structures, fragmented structures, etc. - In some works, the narrator is third-person, while in others it is first-person, and sometimes the narrator is a character within the work. This diversity creates a flexible shift in point of view, thus giving the work a polyphonic quality. - Novels are no longer epic ballads praising war and soldiers, but rather depict soldiers emerging from war, soldiers of peacetime. Therefore, post-1975 war novels have a multi-faceted tone: some are playful, humorous, and vulgar, while others are sad and poignant. The language of the novels is also no longer solemn and formal, but rather informal and everyday. 11. Practical applications: This thesis can be a useful reference for literature students. 12. Future research directions: From this topic, the thesis can develop a broader research direction, exploring Vietnamese novels after 1975 from various perspectives.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : Nguyen Thi Vui 2. Sex: female 3. Date of birth: 03 November 1986 4. Place of birth: Luong Tai commune –Van Lam District –Hung Yen Province 5. Admission decision number 1883/QD-XHNV-SĐH, 21 October 2010 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University. 6. Changes in academic process: No 7. Official thesis title: Vietnam war novel after 1975 self-learning perspective by Bum past of Chu Lai, The sorrow of war by Bao Ninh, The absence of Le Luu. 8. Major: Vietnamese literature 9. Code: 10030552 10. Supervisors Ass.Prof. Ha Van Duc, Department of Literature, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The process of surveying and studying novels about the Vietnam War after 1975 narrative perspective over three Bum past novels of Chu Lai, The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, The absence of Le Luu, the thesis has obtained some following results: - Essays make a study of novels about the war after 1975 in of narratim, from which going to a conclusion, the novels about the war after 1975 changed compared to the novels about the war before 1975. Due to the change of artistic inspiration, from the epic inspiration to private life, so the narrative art can change, especially Bum past, The Sorrow of War and The absence. - If the novels about the wartime often focus on the plot, build thrilling plots, sequence of time the novels about the war after 1975 don't focus on the plot. There isn't a traditional structures they bring modern structures : psychological structures, structures of fragments... - Next to the narrative character in the works is the third person, mary works wich having a narrator the first person, sometimes the narrator is the character of the work. This diversity has created the shift point of view flexibly. This brings about different ways of looking at the work. - No longer novel is the you prides epic to praise the war, praise the soldiers that depicts from the war, the soldiers of a novel about the war after 1975 brought the different tone: bantering tone, make a laugh, vulgar and sad tone hurt, has destroyed. Language is not novel longer solemnity, stereotypical but flippant with everyday language. 12. Practical applicability, if any: Thesis may be useful reference inclusion for students of literature. 13. Further research directions, if any: From the subject, the thesis can develop a broader research direction is to learn about novels of Vietnam after 1975 in different ways.
