1. Student's full name:Nguyen Minh Tuan2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: June 21, 1994
4. Place of birth: Ho Chi Minh City
5. Decision on recognition of graduate students No. 1765/2018/QD-XHNV dated June 28, 2018 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process: Extension Decision No. 542/QD-XHNV dated May 4, 2020 and Decision No. 2102/QD-XHNV dated November 10, 2020.
7. Title of graduation thesis:Discourse on Indochina through the films "The Lover" and "The Pacific Dam"
8. Major: Theory, history of cinema and television
Code:8210232.01
9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Nguyen Thuy Linh
10. Summary of thesis results:
Indochina space through the eyes of Marguerite Duras through two worksLoverandPacific BarrierThe transformation into a film is a process of turbulent memories of the years when she and her family lived in Indochina. Through the works, it is easy to see that Indochina appears very clearly and sharply through each scene, each page, each person, each character, each gesture. The discrimination of colonial culture, the integration of foreign cultures and the view of human destiny.
ThroughLoverandPacific Barrier, Indochina appears mysterious and attractive because of its primitiveness in the early years of the 20th century. In the eyes of a writer, playwright and filmmaker M. Duras, Indochina is an endlessly interesting subject that she can exploit from one work to another, in just the same story, typicallyLover,North China LoverandPacific BarrierNot only literature, M.Duras was also successful in the fields of theater and cinema, with the same material of Indochina.
M. Duras, through his works, has described in the most authentic way the multi-ethnic culture with many diverse perspectives. And through that, the world has a clearer view of Indochina, of the people living there, with the events they have experienced. The French are not only an elite people who explored new lands, bringing civilization to the dark and ignorant lands as the media has said, but in reality, they are also miserable people because they are stuck in a country that may be a dangerous land for them, where they do not belong at all. To survive, they have to struggle to learn how to integrate with the local people and culture, endure a lot of humiliation and oppression but still have to try to keep their shiny outer shell, sometimes because of pride, sometimes because of extremely deep hurt.Pacific Barriertakes the audience into the colonial atmosphere of Indochina at that time. Different classes made up the society: the corrupt government for all classes, the rich whites who made their fortunes in big cities like Saigon, the poorer whites, like the M. Duras family, in the historical center and at the bottom were the local peasants, exploited and sometimes enslaved.
Two worksLoverandPacific Barrierwas made by two directors, one is French by birth, the other is Cambodian but has spent most of his life in France. Film directorLoverJean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Film directorPacific BarrierRithy Panh (born April 18, 1964), a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter who was expelled from Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge in 1975.
That shows that the cinematic material in M. Duras's literature is very abundant and attractive, enough to convince talented directors to choose to adapt it into a film. On the other hand, it also shows that the thoughts about Indochina that M. Duras conveyed in his works have found sympathy with the children of France, the people of Indochina and touched the hearts of many readers around the world when talking about the fate of white people in the distant colonial land of Indochina.
11. Practical applicability: The research results of the thesis will be reference material for studies related to Indochina.
12. Further research directions: None
13. Published works related to the thesis: None.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name:NGUYEN MINH TUAN2. Sex: Male
3. Date of birth: June 21, 1994
4. Place of birth: Ho Chi Minh City
5. Admission decision number: 1765/2018/QD-XHNV on June 28, 2018 byPresident of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University,Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process: Extend the study time under Decision No. 542 / QD-XHNV dated May 4, 2020 and Decision No. 2102/ QD-XHNV November 10, 2020.
7. Official thesistitle:Discourse aboutIndochina through the films "TheLover" and "The Sea Wall"
8. Major: Film – Television theory, history, and criticism.Code:8210232.01
9. Supervisors: PhD.Nguyen Thuy Linh
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
Indochina through Marguerite Duras's gaze through the two worksThe Loverand theThe Sea Wall to the transformation into cinematographic works is a volatile memory process of the years when she was together My family lives in Indochina. Through the works, it can be easily that Indochina shows up very clearly and sharply through each scene, every written page, each person, each character, every gesture. Colonial cultural stigma, foreign cultural inclusion and view of human destiny.
ThroughThe Loverand theThe Sea Wall, Indochina appeared mysteriously and intriguingly by its primacy in the early years of the twentieth century. In the eyes of a writer, playwright and filmmaker M. Duras, Indochina is an endlessly interesting topic that she can exploit from work to work, in the same sentence. stories, such asThe LoverandThe Sea Wall. And not only literature, M.Duras is also successful in both theater and cinema, with the same material as Indochina.
M.Duras has passed their works, depicting the most truthfully about a multicultural culture with many diverse perspectives. And through that, the world has a clearer view of Indochina, of the people living there, and the events that they experienced. The French are not only an elite people to explore new lands, bring civilization to dark and bland lands as the media has said, but in fact, they are also people suffering from to be stuck in a country that might be an evil land to them, to which they completely did not belong. In order to survive, they have to struggle to learn how to integrate with the local people and culture, suffer a lot of suffering and hiddenness, but still have to try to keep themselves a flashy outer shell, sometimes for dignity, sometimes it is also because of the deep hurt.The dam that stopped the Pacific brought the audience into the colonial atmosphere of Indochina at that time. Different classes made up society: government was corrupt for all classes, wealthy whites found wealth in big cities like Saigon, poor whites, like the M.Duras, in the historic center and at the bottom are local peasants, exploited and sometimes enslaved.
The LoverandThe Sea Wall were made by two original French directors, the other Cambodian but most of his life was in France.The Loveris Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1, 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and film producer.The Sea Wall was directed by Rithy Panh (born April 18, 1964), a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter who was expelled from Phnom Penh in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge.
That shows that the cinematic material in the literature of M. Duras is very rich and attractive enough to persuade talented directors to choose to adapt it to a film, on the other hand it also shows thoughts. About Indochina that M.Duras sent in his works has found sympathy with the French people, the Indochinese and moved a lot of readers' hearts in the world when talking about the fate of the white people in the distant colonial Indochina.
11. Practical applicability, if any: The thesis's research results will be the reference for Indochina-related studies.
12. Further research directions: None
13. Thesis – related publications: None.
