1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Nguyen Thi Bich 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: February 1, 1987 4. Place of birth: Hung Yen
5. Decision No. 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 31, 2014, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.
6. Changes in the training process:
- The title of the research topic has been changed from "Cinematic Symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels" to "Cinematic Symbols in the Novels of Vladimir Nabokov," as per Decision No. 74/QD-SDH dated October 28, 2015, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Extending the study period for doctoral students from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, Decision No. 3549/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2017 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Extending the study period for doctoral students from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, Decision No. 3133/QD-XHNV dated October 30, 2018 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- Return to the employing agency, document No. 942/XHNV-ĐT dated June 11, 2020, from the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- The title of the research topic has been changed from "Cinematic Symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels" to "Cinematic Quality in Vladimir Nabokov's Novels," as per Decision No. 2378/QD-XHNV dated November 27, 2020, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
7. Thesis title: Cinematic qualities in Vladimir Nabokov's novels
8. Major: Foreign Literature 9. Code: 62 22 02 45
10. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Gia Lam
Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- Defining the conceptual meaning of "cinematic quality": Cinematic quality refers to the hallmarks of cinema; it is created by using techniques, characteristics, and methods of influencing the audience in literature as well as other art forms. A literary work possessing cinematic quality does not necessarily mean that it can be easily adapted into a film.
- To analyze and qualitatively identify the manifestations of cinematic qualities at various levels of poetics in V. Nabokov's three novels, *Luzhin's Defense*, *Laughter in the Dark*, and *Lolita*: The cinematic quality in these three novels is expressed through montage structures, a narrative and point-of-scene style, and mise-en-scene-style spatial design.
- Identifying the cinematic quality in V. Nabokov's novels is a fundamental category defined by the writer's worldview, his positive intellectual and aesthetic explorations, and the objective trends of novels in the first half of the 20th century: Cinematic quality contributes to expressing V. Nabokov's conception of truth and the grasp of truth, and of the other world alongside the real world. The playful effect created by cinematic quality in Nabokov's novels allows them to be interpreted in many different ways, leading to much debate, and thus placing them among the most captivating 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. This means that, in addition to the intertextuality already defined by Nabokov scholars, his novels, according to the thesis author, also possess an intermedial quality.
- Identifying cinematic quality as a factor that brings novels closer to the genres of popular culture within the context of modern and postmodern art of the 20th century: The cinematic quality in V. Nabokov's novels has blurred genre boundaries; paving the way for the emergence of the cinematic novel – a novel variant that has been and continues to be appealing to Nabokov scholars in particular, and literary critics and theorists in general.
12. Practical applications: This thesis can be used as a resource for those studying or researching literary genres and the history of 20th-century literature and art.
13. Further research directions: Studying the phenomenon of hybridization in literature and art from the 20th century to the present.
14. Published works related to the dissertation:
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2016), “The system of character identification in the novel Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)”, 30 years of innovation in literary and artistic research and Sino-Vietnamese studies: achievements - problems - prospects; Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 630-641.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2016), “The system of symbols in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita”, Art Education (17), pp. 102-105.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2019), “Adaptation of the novel Lolita (V. Nabokov) from the perspective of reception theory”, Art Education (30), pp. 97-103.
- Nguyen Thi Bich (2020), “Cinematic qualities 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.
