1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Nguyen Thi Hoa Le 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: June 22, 1976
4. Place of birth: Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province
5. Decision to recognize doctoral students No. 3216/2014//XHNV-SĐH, dated December 31, 2014, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process: none
7. Thesis title: A Study of Nôm Literature by Authors of the Nguyen Family in Tien Dien, Ha Tinh
8. Specialization: Sino-Vietnamese Studies 9. Code: 62.22.01.04
10. Scientific supervisor:
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Thi Ngo
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Trong Duong
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- The dissertation has clarified several theoretical concepts such as: literary lineage, literary style, "school of thought" (文學流派), "literary school" (文派), and family literary tradition (家族文學). Based on epigraphic documents and Sino-Vietnamese works of various families, the dissertation argues that "literary school" is an indigenous concept of medieval Vietnamese literature, used by Vietnamese Confucian scholars to self-identify their literary lineage, meaning "family literature." The dissertation suggests that, from the perspective of the cultural subject and the literary value of the Nguyen Tien Dien family, there is a basis for considering the concept of "Tien Dien literary school" or, more broadly, "Hong Son literary school," as suggested by Hoang Xuan Han.
- The dissertation has collected and systematized the authors and works of the Nguyen Tien Dien family from the findings and introductions of academics and researchers scattered in central and local books, newspapers, and magazines, as well as from Sino-Vietnamese documents.
- Through research on the authors, works, and texts of the Nguyen Tien Dien family, the thesis has found: There are 8 authors from the Nguyen Tien Dien family whose works are still written in Nom script, including 1 female author. There are 25 works in total. Six works have questionable authors; the thesis has gathered evidence to prove and confirm that they are all works by authors from the Nguyen Tien Dien family.
Of the 25 works, 7 have no Nôm script texts, 8 are unique copies, and 10 have variant versions, with Truyện Kiều having the most variants (50 variants).
Through comparison and analysis, the thesis has highlighted the special position of the Nôm literature of the Nguyễn Tiên Điền family within the Nôm literature tradition in particular and medieval literature in general: it is the central family that brought about changes in national literature from the late 18th century to the early 19th century.
12. Practical applications:
13. Future research directions:
Based on specific studies of the Nôm poetry and literature of the Nguyễn Tiên Điền family, we propose the following research direction: collecting and studying poetry and literature encompassing both Sino-Vietnamese (Hán Nôm) works of the Nguyễn Tiên Điền family; since there is already a dictionary of Truyện Kiều, a dictionary of Nôm poetry and literature of the entire family could be created. This would allow us to understand the linguistic characteristics of the Nôm poetry and literature of the Nguyễn Tiên Điền family, thereby providing a basis for rediscovering lost Nôm works of the family.
14. Published works related to the dissertation:
1). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2016), “Research on the text of the Super Divine Scripture and the issue of reviewing the text of the Ly Dynasty National Master Saint Ancestor's verse”, Han Nom Journal (4), pp.45-58.
2). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2017), “Van Giang Giac Phu: Who was the person who provided the documents for Dong Ho Le Van Dien to compile the Nghi Xuan Gazetteer?”, Han Nom Bulletin 2016, The Gioi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 428-434.
3). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2017), “Further thoughts on the transcription of Nguyen Khan's Thuat Hoai Phu”, Han Nom Studies 2017, The Gioi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 443-465.
4). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2018), “Allusions in Nguyen Khan's Thuat Hoai Phu (Self-Reflection Poem) from an intertextual perspective”, Language & Literature: Research Stages, Vinh University Publishing House, pp. 148-172.
5). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2018), “The life story of Nguyen Khan and his two remaining Ca Tru songs”, Han Nom Journal (5), pp. 23-35.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Hoa Le 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: June 22, 1976
4. Place of birth: Ky Anh, Ha Tinh province
5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014/XHNV-SĐH Dated December 31, 2014 by Rector of USSH, VNU
6. Changes in academic process: no
7. Official thesis title: A Study on vernacular Nom literature o by Nguyen authors in Tien Dien, Ha Tinh
8. Major: Sino-Nom Studies 9. Code: 62.22.01.04
10. Supervisors:
1). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Thi Ngo
2). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Trong Duong
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
-The thesis has explained a number of theoretical concepts such as lines of literature, literary lines, "wenxueliupai" (文學 流派), "van phai" (文 派), dosmetic literature (家族 文學 clan literature). Based on the stone stele documents, the Sino-Nom works, the thesis considers that "van pha" is an indigenous concept of medieval Vietnamese literature, used by Vietnamese Confucians to self-awareness of his literary lineage, which means "dometic literature". The thesis thinks that, from the point of view of the cultural subject, and from the literary value of the Nguyen Tien Dien family, there is a basis to think of the concept of "Tien Dien's sect", or more broadly, "Hong Son's sect" as suggested by Hoang Xuan Han.
- The thesis has collected and systematized the author and their work Nguyen Tien Dien from the introductory findings of the school, gender studies scattered in books, newspapers, central and local journals and from other Han Nom materials sources.
- Regarding the number of authors of the family named Nguyen Tien Dien, there are eight authors who have Nom vernacular works, including one female author. About the number of works there are 25 works. There are 6 works that still have doubts about the author, the thesis has found evidence to prove and determine that all are the works of the author Nguyen Tien Dien. Among 25 works, there are 7 works that have not been found in Nom text yet, 8 works in the exclusive category, 10 works with a variation, The Story of Kieu is the work with the most versions (50 copies).
- Through comparison, analysis and analysis, the thesis has pointed out the special position of Nom literature of the Nguyen Tien Dien family in the Nom literature in particular and medieval literature in general: it is the central family line leading to changes change of national literature in the second half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century.
12. Practical applicability, if any: No
13. Further research directions, if any:
From the specific studies on Nom poetry of the Nguyen Tien Dien family, we propose the next research development direction is to collect and study poetry including both Han Nom compositions of the Nguyen Tien family. Fill in; Particularly, Truyen Kieu has a dictionary, so it is possible to make a dictionary of Nom poetry of the whole family so that on that basis, we can learn the linguistic features of Nguyen Tien Dien's Nom poetry to serve as a basis to find out. The family's works have been lost.
14. Thesis-related publications:
1). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2016), “The study of the problem of the Super God of the True Scripture about the main browsing of the Ly Dynasty's history of the nation”, Han Nom Review (4), page 45-58.
2). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2017), “Van Giang Giac Phu: the identity of the man who gave the document to Dong Ho Le Van Dien to compile the book Nghi Xuan Dia Chi” Announcement of Han Nom 2016, The Gioi publisher, Hanoi, pages 428-434.
3). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2018), “Opinion about transcribing phonetically the art of Nguyen Khan”, Han Nom Review 2017, The Gioi Publisher, Hanoi, pages 443-465.
4). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2018), “Historical References in Thuat Hoai Phu (Tu Tinh Khuc) of Nguyen Khan from the view of intertext”, Researching process of Language & Literature, Vinh University Publisher, pages 148-172.
5). Nguyen Thi Hoa Le (2018), “Nguyen Khan's life history and his two ca tru songs”, Han Nom Review (5), pages 23-25.
