1. Full name of PhD student: Nguyen Thi Bich 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: February 1, 1987 4. Place of birth: Hung Yen
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in the training process:
- Adjust the topic name from Cinematic symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's novels to Cinematic symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's novels, decision No. 74/QD-SDH dated October 28, 2015 of the principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi
- Extending the study period of postgraduate students from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, Decision No. 3549/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi
- Extending the study period of postgraduate students from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, Decision No. 3133/QD-XHNV dated October 30, 2018 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi
- Return to the working agency, Official Dispatch No. 942/XHNV-DT dated June 11, 2020 of the Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi
- Adjust the topic name from Cinematic Symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels to Cinematic Substance in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels, Decision No. 2378/QD-XHNV dated November 27, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi
7. Thesis topic: Cinematic quality in Vladimir Nabokov's novels
8. Major: Foreign Literature 9. Code: 62 22 02 45
10. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Gia Lam
: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
- Identify the connotation of the concept of cinematic quality: Cinematic quality is a concept that refers to the marks of cinema; created from the use of techniques, characteristics, and ways of affecting the audience of cinema in literature as well as other art forms. A literary work with cinematic quality does not mean that the work can be easily adapted to cinema.
- Explain and qualify the manifestations of cinematic quality at the poetic levels in the three novels Luzhin's Defense, Laughter in the Dark, Lolita by V.Nabokov: The cinematic quality in these three novels is expressed through the montage structure, the narrator and the point of view of the camera, and the creation of space in the mise-en-scene style.
- Determining the cinematic quality in V. Nabokov's novels is a basic category determined by the writer's worldview, his active ideological-aesthetic searches as well as the objective trends of novels in the first half of the 20th century: The cinematic quality contributes to expressing V. Nabokov's concept of truth and the grasp of truth, of the other world besides the real world. The game effect created by the cinematic quality in Nabokov's novels makes them understood in many different ways, leading to many debates, and thus putting them among the most attractive novels of the 20th century.
- Establishing V. Nabokov's position in the process of novel innovation in the 20th century: V. Nabokov became one of the first writers to use elements of cinematic language in his novels. That makes his novels, in addition to the intertextuality that has been qualitatively characterized by Nabokov scholars, also have intermediality, according to the author of the thesis.
- Identifying the cinematic quality as an agent that brings the novel closer to the genres of popular culture in the context of modern and postmodern art of the 20th century: The cinematic quality in V. Nabokov's novels has blurred the boundaries of genres; paving the way for the birth of the cinematic novel genre - a novel variation that has been inviting Nabokov scholars in particular, and literary criticism researchers in general.
12. Practical applicability: The thesis can be used as a document for those who are studying and researching literary genres and the history of 20th century literature and art.
13. Further research directions: Research on hybrid phenomena in literature and art from the 20th century to the present
14. Published works related to the thesis:
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2016), “Character identification system in the novel Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)”, 30 years of innovation in research on literature, art and Han Nom: achievements - problems - prospects; Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 630-641.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2016), “The symbolic system in the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov”, Art Education (17), pp. 102-105.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2019), “Adapting the novel Lolita (V. Nabokov) from the perspective of reception theory”, Art Education (30), pp. 97-103.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2020), “Cinematography in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita”, Art Education (35), pp. 100-106.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full male: Bich Nguyen Thi 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: February 01, 1987 4. Place of birth: Hung Yen
5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated December 31, 2014, Signed by the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University (Hanoi)
6. Changes in academic process:
- Adjusting the title of the thesis from Cinematic Symbols in Vladimir Nabokov Novels to Cinematic Symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels, Decision No.74/QD-SĐH, Dated October 28, 2015, Signed by the Principal of USSH, VNU
- Extending the studying period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, Decision No. 3549/QD-XHNV, Dated December 29, 2017, Signed by the Principal of USSH, VNU
- Extending the studying period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, Decision No. 3133/QD-XHNV, Dated October 30, 2018, Signed by the Principal of USSH, VNU
- Returning PhD student to the working agency, Official Letter No. 942/XHNV-DT, Dated June 11, 2020, Signed by the Principal of USSH, VNU
- Adjusting the title of the thesis from Cinematic Symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels to Cinematicity in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels, Decision No.2378/QD-XHNV, Dated October 11, 2020, Signed by the Principal of USSH, VNU
7. Official thesis title: Cinematicity in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels
8. Major: Foreign Literature 9. Code: 62 22 02 45
10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. PhD. Lam Pham Gia
PhD. Thuy Nguyen Thi Thu
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- Identifying the content of the concept of “cinematicity”: Cinematicity is a concept that refers to the imprints of cinema; is created by the use of techniques, characteristics, and ways of affecting the audience of cinema in literature as well as other art forms. Having cinematicity does not mean a literary work can be easily adapted into film.
- Explaining and qualitative analysis of cinematic spatiality of the three novels The Defense, Laughter in the Dark, Lolita by V. Nabokov on poetic levels: montage structure, camera-style storyteller and point of view, mise-en-scene modeling...
- Determining the cinematicity of V. Nabokov's novels as a basic category established by the writer's world view, his positive ideological-aesthetic searches as well as the objective movement of novels in the first half of the twentieth century: The cinematicity contributes to the expression of Nabokov's conception of truth and the grasp of truth, of the other world besides the real world. The game effect that was created by cinematicity in Nabokov's novels makes these novels be understood in many different ways, leading to a lot of debate, and thus placing them in the ranks of the most interesting novels of the twentieth century.
- Establishing V. Nabokov's position in the process of novel innovation in the twentieth century: Nabokov became one of the first writers to use elements of cinematic language in his novels; that makes his novels not only have the intertextuality as defined by Nabokovian researchers; but also, according to the author of the thesis, there is intermediality
- Defining cinematicity as a factor that brings novels closer to genres of popular culture in the context of modernism and postmodernism of the twentieth century: The cinematicity of V. Nabokov's novels has made the genre boundary blurred; paving the way for the birth of the genre of cinematic novel - a variant of novel genre that has been attractive to Nabokovian researchers in particular, the literary theoretical and critical community in general.
12. Practical applicability: The thesis can be used as a reference for those who are studying and researching literary genres, history of literature and art in the twentieth century.
13. Further research direction: Researching on the phenomenon of hybridization in literature and art from the 20th century to the present
14. Thesis-related publications:
- Bich Nguyen Thi (2016), "The System of Characters Identifying in the Novel Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)", 30 Years of Innovation in Literary and Artistic Research and Sino-Nom: Achievements - Problems – Prospects, Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 630-641.
- Bich Nguyen Thi (2016), "Symbols System in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita novel", Art Education (17), pp. 102-105.
- Bich Nguyen Thi (2019), "Adaptation of the Novel Lolita (V. Nabokov) from the Perspective of Reception Theory", Art education (30), pp. 97-103.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2020), "Cinematicity in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Novel", Art education (35), pp. 100-106.
