Information about the thesis "Indian Culture in the Works of Ho Anh Thai" by graduate student Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, majoring in Literary Theory.1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: December 20, 1986 4. Place of birth: Thai Binh City, Thai Binh Province 5. Decision to recognize student No. 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 24, 2008, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during training: None 7. Thesis title: Indian culture in the works of Ho Anh Thai 8. Specialization: Literary theory; Code: 60 22 32 9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Khanh Thanh, Vice Dean of the Graduate School – Vietnam National University, Hanoi 10. Summary of the thesis results: Our thesis explores the theme of Indian culture in the works of Ho Anh Thai (through three works: *A Sigh Through the Golden Oriole Forest*; *The Buddha, Savitri and I*; *Namaskar! Hello India*). Through this, we can see some of the typical characteristics of Indian culture, the haunting influence of Indian culture in Ho Anh Thai's works, as well as the writer's "attitude" towards the abundant material of this ancient culture. From there, we explore and interpret the value, origin, and stylistic characteristics of Ho Anh Thai. In Chapter 1 (Culture and the Inspiration of Indian Culture in Ho Anh Thai's Works), the author addresses general issues: defining culture, the relationship between culture and literature, the direction of writing inspired by foreign cultures, the picture of Indian culture, and the connection between Ho Anh Thai and the country and people of India. This serves as the foundation and premise for the author to explore the approaches and processing of Indian cultural materials, as well as the exploration of the Indian world through the pen of Ho Anh Thai in the following chapters. Chapter 2 (The Cultural and Social Landscape of India and Buddhist Inspiration in Ho Anh Thai's Works) reconstructs a multi-dimensional mosaic of past and present regarding the character of people and society in the Ganges; it examines a distinctive feature of Ho Anh Thai's worldview: Buddhist inspiration and its influence on the writer's works. Through this, it helps readers initially penetrate the spiritual world and social life of the Indian people, which is considered a fascinating but not easily explored area. Chapter 3 (Ho Anh Thai's Approaches and Processing of Indian Cultural Materials) surveys and analyzes the techniques used by Ho Anh Thai in processing Indian cultural materials. The prominent artistic techniques employed by the author to integrate Indian cultural elements into his works are: the use of fantastical elements; the flexibility in employing the narrator and narrative point of view; and finally, the vibrant, polyphonic tone. This thesis hopes to serve as a reference to help readers access the Indian world in general and Ho Anh Thai's works in particular.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh. 2. Sex: Female. 3. Date of birth: December 20, 1986. 4. Place of birth: Thai Giang, Thai Thuy, Thai Binh Province. 5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH Dated October 24, 2008. 6. Changes in academic process: No. 7. Official thesis title: Indian Culuture in the works of Ho Anh Thai. 8. Major: Literature Theory 9. Code: 60 22 32. 10. Supervisors: Prof. Tran Khanh Thanh, Ph.D, Vice head of the Faculty of After Graduate, Vietnam National University. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: This thesis aims to provide an analysis of Indian culture in three works of Ho Anh Thai. From there, the thesis will search and explain the value, source and writing style of Ho Anh Thai. Chapter 1 (Culture and source of inspiration about Indian culture in works of Ho Anh Thai), we solve the general issues such as: the culture definition, the relationship between culture – literature, the way of writing that gets inspiration from foreign culture, as well as the sentiment of Ho Anh Thai to India. These are basic, premise to study the way of settling Indian culture materials and discovering Indian world through Ho Anh Thai's pages as following chapters. Chapter 2 (Picture of Indian society – culture and Buddhist inspiration in the works of Ho Anh Thai) shows about character of Indian people and society; searching a profile in Ho Anh Thai's view: Buddhism inspiration and effection on Ho Anh Thai's writing. Then, helping reader into spirit world and society of India that is very complicated. Chapter 3 (The way to settle Indian cultural materials of Ho Anh Thai) surveys and analyzes the way to settle Indian culture of Ho Anh Thai. Specific-art modes are used in the works of Ho Anh Thai, including: miraculous, narrator and point of view, tongue narrative. Writing about Indian theme, Ho Anh Thai had especial, forcible and quite impressive way. In the future, hope that we will continue to be reading the profound writing pages of Ho Anh Thai about Indian nation and people. Hope that the thesis can be reference document for those interested in Indian culture – society as well as Ho Anh Thai's works.
