Information about the thesis "Legends of Heroes Resisting Foreign Invasion in the Tran Dynasty" by graduate student Hoang Thi Lan, majoring in Folklore Literature.1. Student's Full Name: Hoang Thi Lan 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: October 5, 1980 4. Place of Birth: Nam Dinh 5. Decision No. 1528/QD-XHNV – KH & SDH, dated October 14, 2009, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Legends of Heroes Resisting Foreign Invasion in the Tran Dynasty 8. Specialization: Folklore Literature; Code: 60 22 36 9. Scientific Advisor: Prof. Dr. Le Chi Que, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summary of the thesis results: - The thesis has presented a fairly complete overview of the legends of heroes resisting foreign invasion during the Tran Dynasty, with three typical sets of legends: the set of legends about Hung Dao King Tran Quoc Tuan, the set of legends about some prominent generals of the Tran Dynasty, and the set of legends about the heroic women and goddesses of the Tran Dynasty. The thesis has pointed out the content and artistic characteristics of the legends of heroes resisting foreign invasion during the Tran Dynasty, including the art of structure, the art of character development, and some basic motifs... - The thesis has introduced some typical festivals about some heroes resisting foreign invasion during the Tran Dynasty, such as the Duc Thanh Tran festival in Nam Dinh and Con Son - Kiet Bac, the Corn Temple festival.... - The thesis has pointed out the religious basis of the festivals about the heroes resisting foreign invasion during the Tran Dynasty. Furthermore, the thesis also highlights the dialectical relationship between legends and festivals about the heroes who fought against foreign invaders during the Tran Dynasty: The legends of the heroes who fought against foreign invaders during the Tran Dynasty serve as the basis for the existence and development of festivals about these heroes. Conversely, the festivals are the "living environment" for the legends of the heroes who fought against foreign invaders during the Tran Dynasty. - The legends of the heroes who fought against foreign invaders during the Tran Dynasty have a special value, which is the expression of patriotism, the tradition of fighting invaders to save the country of the Vietnamese people, especially the tradition of "when the enemy comes to the house, even women will fight" of Vietnamese women. This spirit, this ideology, is like a red thread running through generations of Vietnamese people. Therefore, the thesis has contributed a small part to nurturing patriotism, arousing national pride, and the awareness of building and protecting the homeland of today's young generation.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : Hoang Thi Lan 2. Sex: Femal 3. Date of birth: May 10, 1980 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh 5. Admission decision number: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH & SĐH dated October 14th 2009 of Headmaster of College of Social Sciences and Humanity of Vietnam National University. 6. Changes in academic process: No 7. Official thesis title: The legendary heroic against foreign aggression of the Tran Dynasty 8. Major: Folk literature 9. Code: 60 22 36 10. Supervisors: Prof., Dr. Le Chi Que - College of Social Science and Humanity. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: With three typical legendary series about Hung Dao Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan, some typical generals, heroines and the goddess of the Tran Dynasty presented, the thesis has completely introduced the Tran Dynasty's legendary heroes against foreign aggression. It has also shown the content and art features such as the art of structure, character building and some basic motives,… The thesis has presented some typical festivals on some heroics against foreign aggression of the Tran Dynasty such as the festival of Duc Thanh Tran in Nam Dinh and Con Son – Kiep Bac and that of Con temple, ect… This thesis has shown the basis of belief about the festivals of the Tran Dynasty's heroics against foreign aggression. It has also mentioned the dialectical relationship between the legend and the festival. The former is the background for the latter's existence and development, and the latter is "habitat" of the former. These series have a specific value, which is the Vietnamese people's expression of patriotism and tradition of fighting the enemies to save the country especially “even the women must fight”. This spirit is like a red thread throughout our Vietnamese generations. Therefore, my thesis has contributed a small part in fostering patriotism, national pride, and the sense of building and protecting the homeland of the today young generations.
