TTLV: Tran Thuy Mai's short stories from a cultural perspective

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Pham Thi Thu Huong     

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: 01/01/1990

4. Place of birth: Ninh Binh

5. Student recognition decision 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:Tran Thuy Mai's short stories from a cultural perspective

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 60.22.01.21

9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ha Van Duc, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of thesis results:

- Affirm the relationship between culture and literature, the ways of expressing culture in literature. Clarify the origin of cultural substance in the writer's works.

- Affirming the uniqueness of ideas, content, and art of Tran Thuy Mai's works from a cultural perspective. In Tran Thuy Mai's short stories, cultural qualities are clearly expressed through the characters, thoughts, emotional levels, and human behavior; through the writer's depiction of the beauty of human beings as well as the suffering and misfortune of human life, especially the fate of Hue women in particular and Vietnamese women in general.

11. Practical application:

The thesis Tran Thuy Mai's short stories from a cultural perspective provides a theoretical basis and typical examples for the application of analyzing literary works from a cultural perspective. From there, the thesis is a reference document for students majoring in Literature.

12. Further research directions:

Tran Thuy Mai's short stories give us a comprehensive picture of approaching short stories from a cultural perspective, thereby suggesting further research directions for approaching the works of other writers from a cultural perspective.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Thi Thu Huong2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: January 1, 19904. Place of birth: Ninh Binh Province

5. Admission decision number: Decision No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SĐH dated December 30th 2013 of the principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Tran Thuy Mai's short stories from a cultural perspective

8. Major: Vietnamese literatureCode: 60.22.01.21

9. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Ph.D. Ha Van Duc from Literature Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Reaffirm the ties between culture and literature, and cultural modes of expression in literature. Clarify the cause of cultural presence in literature.

Reaffirm the uniqueness in Tran Thuy Mai's thoughts, her works and styles under a cultural perspective. The cultural presence is shown in Mai's characters, their thoughts, emotional arcs and behaviors. It is also presented in the way Mai describes human and their beauties as well as their hardships and misfortunes. This presence is especially strong when depicting Vietnamese women in general and women in Hue City in particular.

11. Practical applicability:

The thesis provides theoretical basis and examples for writing literary analysis. It is a preference material for students.

12. Further research directions:

This thesis shows how to approach Tran Thuy Mai's short stories from a cultural perspective and paves a way to make the same approach to other literary works.

13. Thesis-related publications: None