Information on the thesis "Vietnamese Literature in the 18th - early 19th centuries with the issue of death" by HVCH Vuong Thi Phuong Thao, majoring in Medieval Literature.1. Full name of student: Vuong Thi Phuong Thao 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: July 27, 1984 4. Place of birth: Khanh Hoa 5. Decision to recognize student No: 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 24, 2008 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Vietnamese literature in the 18th - early 19th centuries with the issue of death 8. Major: Medieval Literature; Code: 60. 22. 34. 9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, PhD. Tran Nho Thin (Lecturer of Literature Department - University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University - Hanoi) 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: The thesis Vietnamese Literature in the 18th - early 19th centuries with the issue of death consists of 3 main parts: introduction, content and conclusion. Introduction: Presenting the reasons for choosing the topic. Looking back at the history of Vietnamese medieval literature over a long period of time, we see that literature in the 18th - early 19th period wrote a lot about death. The attitude towards the issue of death expressed in the literature of this period appeared extremely diverse and profound emotional levels. That is something that has not been present in literature since the 10th - 17th centuries. The change in the concept of the issue of death in literature in the 18th - early 19th centuries can be said to be an important literary history issue in the process of Vietnamese literature. However, up to now, there has not been any work that goes into depth to study and research the issue of death in Vietnamese literature. 18th century - early 19th century in a comprehensive way. Content: includes 3 chapters Chapter 1: The concept of death in the history of Eastern cultural thought. - The issue of death in the history of Eastern cultural thought + Confucianism: Sacrifice life to preserve the meaning - Death is the sacrifice of life to preserve the great meaning. + Buddhism: Living in the afterlife - The body is temporary, death is returning home. + Taoism: Death - the dissolution of life is natural, not sad. Chapter 2: Attitude towards death in Vietnamese literature in the 10th - 17th centuries The main literary authors of this period were Zen masters and Confucian scholars. Imbued with the thoughts and concepts of death of Buddhist and Confucian teachings, Zen masters and Confucian scholars clearly expressed in their works an attitude of accepting death without fear. Zen masters recognized the impermanence of life, of life and death. The attitude of composure, calmness, and composure in the face of impending death and smiling at the rebirth of life are the characteristics of Zen poetry in the literature of this period. Confucian scholars exalted the spirit and noble life of the gentleman. True Confucian scholars all showed their readiness to sacrifice their own lives to protect the Confucian beliefs, and at the same time harshly criticized those who "love life and fear death" and betrayed the Confucian ideology of righteousness. Chapter 3: The change in attitude towards the issue of death in Vietnamese Literature in the 18th - early 19th centuries. This period marked a major turning point in the change in attitude of Confucian scholars - the main authors of the literature of this period. This was also the period of literature of mortal people, natural people, and no longer dominated by the type of saints and gentlemen. Literature of this period wrote about death more than ever before in the history of medieval literature. At the same time, we also see the difference, the division in the ethical views on the issue of death. There is the conservative ethical concept of Confucianism when people praise the death of martyrdom for the king, for the husband; but there is also the humanistic concept, protecting life, sympathizing with the life of the character. Because of the importance of life, the importance of the body, the literature of this period has many cries of mourning before death. Conclusion Overall, the change in attitude towards death reflects the change in the thoughts and concepts of the authors - located in the humanistic source of literature in the 18th - 19th centuries. The attitude towards the issue of death expressed in the literature of this period appears with extremely diverse and profound emotional levels, as a strong affirmation and promotion of the right to life, the right to happiness of people in real life. The change in the concept of death in literature in the 18th and early 19th centuries can be said to be an important literary historical issue in the process of Vietnamese literature. 11. Possibility of practical application: No 12. Further research directions: No 13. Published works related to the thesis: No
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1. Full name: Vuong Thi Phuong Thao 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: July 27th 1984. Place of birth: Khanh Hoa 5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH Dated October 24, 2008 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University in October 24, 2008. 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Vietnamese literature from 18th century to the early 19th century about the death issue . 8. Major: Medieval literature 9. Code: 60. 22. 34. 10. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Doctor Tran Nho Thin, Teacher of Literature Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The thesis, Vietnamese literature from 18th century to the early 19th century about the death issue, consists of three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction states the reason for choosing topic. Looking back on the long history of Vietnamese Medieval literature, we recognize that literature in the 18th century and early 19th century wrote about death a lot. The attitude toward the death issues presented in the literature of this period shows diverse and profound tone of feeling. It was something that did not appear in the literature from 10th century to 17th century. The changing conception about death issue in literature from 18th century to early 19th century is an important matter of Vietnamese literary history. However, there has not been any comprehensive research on the issue of death in Vietnamese literature from 18th century to the early 19th century so far. The body consists of three chapters. Chapter 1: The conception of death in the Oriental cultural and ideological history - The issue of death in the Oriental cultural and ideological history. + Confucianism: Die for the Greater Good - Dying is sacrificing human life to preserve the great righteousness. + Buddhism: Living is temporary, dying is coming home – The human body is only a temporary existence, you will truly be home after you die. + Taoism: Death - the disappearance of the human life itself is natural, not something mournful. Chapter 2: Attitude toward death in Vietnamese Literature from 10th century to 17th century. The authors of the mainstream literature in this period were The Zen masters and The Confucians. Being imbued with ideology and conception about the death of Buddhism and Confucianism, the Confucians and Zen masters expressed through their written works that they accepted the death without fear. The Zen masters realize the impermanence of life and death. Death is the inevitable law of human life, so there is nothing to fear. The deliberate, calm and imperturbable attitude towards the coming death and smiling at the rebirth is characteristic of poetry and literature written by Zen masters in this period. The Confucians gave prominence to the dignity and the noble justification for living of the gentleman. Dying for the greater good was a meaningful and praised death. The genuine Confucians were always willing to sacrifice their human lives to protect the beliefs of Confucianism. They also critically criticized the men who «wished to live - afraid of death» and betrayed the nobleness-appreciated ideology of the Confucianism. Chapter 3: The changing attitude toward the death in Vietnamese Literature from 18th century to early 19th century. This period marks a major turning point in the attitude of The Confucians who were the main literary authors of this period. This is the period when literature often writes about human beings rather than about gentlemen or saints. There was never a period in the Medieval literature that wrote about death as much as this one. We also recognize that the moral opinion about death was different and divided. There was the conservative opinion of Confucians in which people praised the life sacrifice for the king, for the husband. There was another humane opinion that stood up for the life of the characters. Because it appreciates the human body and life, the literature in this period contains a lot of cries for the death. The Conclution: In summary, the changing attitude toward the death issue reflects the change in the ideology and conception of the authors that belongs to the humane flow of literature in the 18th and 19th century. The attitude toward the death issues presented in the literature of this period shows diverse and profound tone of feeling. It is like a strong affirmation and praise for the right to live, the right to be happy of men in their present lives. We can say that the changing conception about death in the 18th-19th century literature is a very important matter of Vietnamese literary history. 12. Practical applicability, if any: None 13. Further research directions, if any: None 14. Thesis-related publications: None
