University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU Hanoi

I. General Information

• Year of birth: 1954.
• Email: pthung01@yahoo.com
• Affiliation: Faculty of Literature.
• Academic rank: Associate Professor. Year of appointment: 2007.
• Academic degree: PhD. Year received: 2002.
• Training process:

1970: Enrolled at Hanoi University.

1971: Enlisted, wounded in the 1972 International Campaign.

1978: Graduated from the Faculty of Literature, Hanoi University.

1985: Postgraduate student in Philosophy, Charles University - Prague.

2002: Received PhD.

• Foreign language proficiency: Specialized Czech.
• Main research areas: Literary theory, Czech and Central European literature, Journalism and arts media.

II. Scientific works

Book

1. Journalism and media terminology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2006.
2. Czech Republic - The Country and Its People, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2015.
3. Books introducing and translating foreign literature: Short stories by B. Hrabal; The Tale of Kanda (16 volumes); Central European folk tales; The Golden Man; Miss Baghdad; Serpent Love - Human Love; The Fairy Hair; Judge Oca; The Diamond Knight...

Chapter

1. Literary theory(co-authored), Education Publishing House, 1992.
2. Introduction to the bookA collection of short stories by B. HrabalLiterature, 2000.
3. A glorious destiny is no more bitter than a tragic one.- Czech Folk Tales, Vietnam National University Hanoi Publishing House, 2005.
4. IntroductionThe death of the beautiful deer herd, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2005.
5. Journalism and Media Studies - Journalism Department: From the Classroom to Practice, Vietnam Writers Association Publishing House, 2010.
6. A time to remember - Professor Nguy Nhu Kontum, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2013.
7. A person's pen name cannot be framed - a person's pen name will endure through time., Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2014.
8. A garden of happy poetry- Anthology of Czech and Slovak Literature, Writers' Association, 2014.
9. The director of absurd plays- History of the Czech Republic, Social Sciences Publishing House, 2015.
10. Czech Literature - Czech History, Social Sciences Publishing House, 2015.
11. Book introductionWhen the Homeland Calls My Name(Nguyen Long Trao), Tre Publishing House, 2015.
12. Philosopher and Traveler - Philosopher Tran Duc Thao, Hue University Publishing House, 2016.
13. IntroductionBlue chrysanthemum- K. Trapech, Vietnam Writers Association Publishing House, 2016.
14. Memories of an Old Soldier- bookWhen the Homeland Calls- Nguyen Long Trao, Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House, 2017.
15. The function of arts and culture in modern society(Chapter 4) -Orientation and fundamental contents of Vietnamese literary theory, National Political Publishing House, 2016.

Article

1. "Oca Tadaxuke, a purely Japanese folk figure,"Journal of Folklore,No. 4/1996.
2. "The dialogue potential of a novel,"Literature Magazine 10/1996
3. "The stories of K. Andersen - a unique form of narrative,"Literature Magazine,January 1996.
4. "An undeniable artistic value,"Hanoi University Journal of ScienceAugust 1994.
5. "Portrait of a Journalist - Journalism - Theoretical and Practical Issues", Education Publishing House, 1996.
6. “Vážený Páne Bohumil Hrabal!(Epistula na úvod)”, Souvislosti 2/1998 (Letter to writer B.Hrabal - Christian and Culture Magazine)(Czech Republic).
7. "Today's media environment and the issue of the subject of literary media,"Journalism: Theoretical and Practical Issues, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2005.
8. "The reciprocal influence between literature and journalism through the short stories of Nguyen Ai Quoc and Ngo Tat To"Journalism: Theoretical and Practical Issues, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2005.
9. “The category of ‘author’ in the context of modern media society,” ProceedingsLiterary theory and criticism are undergoing innovation and development., Social Sciences Publishing House, 2005.
10. "The reader as a structure," ProceedingsReaders and the literary and artistic public, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2011.
11. "The shadow at the end of the village"Forty years of training and research in Sino-Vietnamese studies., Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2013.
12. Introduction to the Conference ProceedingsReception of Literature and ArtVietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2012.
13. "A legend in poetry,"Poetry Magazine, May 2012.
14. "The first Vietnam studies scholar from Bohemia," Proceedings of the Vietnam Studies Conference, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2013.
15. "Reading again 'The Social Content of Truyện Kiều…', I reflect on the plight of a philosopher,"Tia Sang Magazine, Nghe An Culture Magazineand the YearbookPhilosophy of Tran Duc Thao, National Political Publishing House, 2015.
16. "For a literary movement of youth and for youth,"Literary and Artistic Criticism Theory, March 2016.
17. "Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi, a renowned figure," Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2014.
18. "School culture and workplace culture" - a bookWorkplace culture, National Economics University Publishing House, 2015.
19. "The function of arts and culture,"Journal of Literary and Artistic Criticism, November 2016.
20. "Thinking further about the aesthetic function of arts and literature," YearbookThirty years of innovation in the study of Vietnamese literature, art, and Sino-Vietnamese studies.Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2016.
21. "The one who has not yet become a poet,"Poetry Magazine, issues 1&2/2017.

III. Science and Technology Projects at all levels

1. The reciprocal influence between literature and journalism(Principal investigator), research project funded by Hanoi University.
2. Journalism and media terminology system(Principal investigator), research project funded by Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
3. F. Kaffka's works and European modernist literature of the first half of the 20th century.(chairman)
4. Literary trends and movements(Principal investigator), a key research project at Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
5. Vietnamese print media during the reform period(Participation), a key research project of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Orientation and fundamental contents of Vietnamese literary theory(Participation), State-level project, Central Council for Literary and Artistic Theory.