TTLV: Gender consciousness in contemporary female poetry (Survey through two authors Tuyet Nga and Pham Thi Ngoc Lien)

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Thu Hang                                            

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 26, 1991

4. Place of birth: Hai Phong

5. Decision on recognition of students 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:Gender consciousness in contemporary female poetry (Survey through two authors Tuyet Nga and Pham Thi Ngoc Lien)

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 60.22.01.21

9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Luu Khanh Tho- Institute of Literature.

10. Summary of thesis results:

- Vietnamese literature after 1975 with a great transformation has opened the door to welcome female writers. The massive appearance of female poets along with the rapid emergence of female poetry anthologies has breathed new life into poetry, contributing to beautifying the appearance of literature, restoring balance in the works of male and female authors. In contemporary female poetry, writers are now highly conscious of themselves, of their gender in the difference with men, finding for themselves their own characteristics, their own marks, or in other words, establishing gender consciousness in their works.

- Based on the theory of gender and feminism, the thesis examines the works of two specific authors, Tuyet Nga and Pham Thi Ngoc Lien. Two poets, two styles, two different personalities, but both clearly express a feminine ego and fully reveal the typical thoughts of the gender about the individual, love and society. It expresses the desire to be oneself, to live true to oneself, to be free from traditional prejudices and the desire of women to be recognized by society in a fair and equal manner compared to men.

- Regarding art, through the system of symbols, poetic forms, tones and languages, it can be seen that besides their own stylistic features, both female poets seek the flow of traditional poetic art sources, while at the same time aiming for new and bold innovations to affirm their own artistic personalities. These are their own breakthroughs on the path of searching and asserting themselves, affirming gender power. These are not only efforts to innovate art in literature in general, but also clearly demonstrate the poet's gender awareness, contributing to bringing balance to women's literature and women's equality in the field of language creation.

11. Practical application:

12. Further research directions:

The issue of national identity/nationalism in contemporary Vietnamese literature

13. Published works related to the thesis:                  

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thu Hang 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 26^thOct 1991 4. Place of birth: Hai Phong

5. Admission decision number: 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH Dated 30^thDec 2013 issued by the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Ha Noi National University

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: The awareness of gender characteristics in women's mordern poetry (Study of two poets: Tuyet Nga and Pham Thi Ngoc Lien)

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature Code: 60.22.01.21

9. Supervisors: Luu Khanh Tho, Associate Professor and Doctor of Philosophy at Literature Institute

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- Vietnamese literature after 1975 with a vigorous change welcoming female writers. The crowded emergence of female poets together with the rapid issues of women's poet collections blew a fresh wind for poetry, embellished the literature appearance and recovered the balance of composition between male and female writers. In women's modern poetry, nowadays, authors are highly self-conscious of themselves and their gender along with the difference between mankind and womankind, find their own specific characteristics and essence marks; in other words, they establish the awareness of gender characteristics in their writings.

- On the basis of gender characteristic and feminism theory, the thesis studies poets of two specific authors: Tuyet Nga and Pham Thi Ngoc Lien. They are two poets, two pioneers and two different personalities but both of them clearly express their female instincts and fully expose their thoughts of individual, love and society, which are their aspirations to be themselves, to live with their real selves, to be rescued from traditional preconceptions and the women's wish to be recognized fairly and equally by the society in comparison with mankind.

- With regard to artistry, through symbol system, style of poetry, tongue and language, it can be noticed that both of female poets come back to the current of traditional poetry artistic source, at the same time turn to daring and fresh innovation to confirm their own artistic character. Those are their particular breakthroughs on the way to find and confirm themselves and gender power. It is not only the effort to innovate literary artistry in general but also the obvious expression of the poet's awareness of gender characteristics, which contributes to the balance of women's literature and equality of women's rights in the language creativity field.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

12. Further research directions, if any:

The issue of nationalism in modern Vietnamese literature.

13. Thesis-related publications: