TTLA: The system of characters and the poetics that express them in Vietnamese medieval literature from the 10th to the 15th century

1. Full name of the researcher: Nguyen Thi Giang

2. Sex: female

3.Date of birth: 12/07/1980                                      

4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa

5. Decision on recognition of PhD student number: 3676/SDH, dated October 28, 2009 of the Director of Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in the training process:Are not

7. Thesis topic name: "The system of characters and the poetics expressing them in Vietnamese medieval literature from the 10th to the 15th century".

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature

9. Code: 62 22 34 01

10. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Nho Thin

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- Research on three types of characters: Zen Master, Female Hero, Emperor from the perspective of cultural anthropology: With a spiritual cultural perspective, the thesis focuses on examining the character of Zen Master Huyen Quang inThe Three Ancestors' True Records.Through the life of the Zen master character from birth, through the process of cultivating Buddhism until his death, we see that: this is a type of cultural character. The reason why Zen masters are admired, respected, and invited to the court by the king is not only because they are virtuous but more importantly, they have the ability to use extraordinary and mysterious magic...; From the perspective of gender culture, the thesis explores the female character who appeared earliest in Vietnamese medieval literature, the female hero My E inVietnamese ghostsThrough a foreign woman character My E (My E is a Cham), Ly Te Xuyen as well as many other Confucian scholars in the Middle Ages affirmed the universal necessity of Confucianism for women's virtues: as a woman, one must "follow the same family"... From the perspective of a politician who writes literature, we see a typical character emerge: the emperor. This can be considered a "large model" of the model of a noble saint in Confucian poetry in the 10th-15th period. Through the case of analyzing the character of Emperor Le Thanh Tong, the thesis has shown that emperors have always known how to use poetry to serve political purposes, to consolidate their ruling power...

- Deeply study the poetics of describing three types of characters: Zen master, female martyr, and emperor, from which we can see the characteristics of artistic language and artistic conception of human beings in literature from the 10th to 15th period.

12. Practical application:

The research results of the thesis can become a reference and teaching thesis for students as well as graduate students of Literature.

13. Further research directions:

Research on characters and character poetics in Vietnamese medieval literature in the periods after the 15th century.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

1. Nguyen Thi Giang (2008),“Proclamation of VictoryandSummer scenefrom the perspective of the peopleEducation Magazine(187), pp.33-36.
2. Nguyen Thi Giang (2012), "The male model of the Tran Dynasty through poems"Nostalgiaof Pham Ngu Lao",Science magazine(57), Hanoi Pedagogical University, pp.58-65.
3. Nguyen Thi Giang (2013), “The story of the heroic woman My E (inVietnamese Ghost Templeof Li Jixuan) and historical reality",Science magazine(3), Hanoi National University, pp.36-46.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYEN THI GIANG

2. Sex: female

3.Date of birth: 12/07/1980                                            

4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa

5. Admission decision number: 3676/SĐH by President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, dated October 28, 2009.

6. Changes in academic process:None

7. Official thesis title: “System of characters and poetics of characters in Vietnam medieval literature period 10^thto 15^thcentury”

8. Major:Vietnamese Literature

9. Code: 62 22 34 01

10. Supervisors:Ass.Prof. PhD. Tran Nho Thin

11. Summery of the new findings of the thesis:

-The thesis studies three kinds of charaters: Bonze character, Heroine character, Emperors character under the point of view of cultural anthropology. With cultural and spiritual view, the thesis focuses on the character Huyen Quang in "Tam To Thuc Luc".Through the life of the bonze from the birth process, going through the process of cultivating Buddhism to death, we find that: this is a kind of cultural character. The reason why the bonze is admired, respected, invited by the King is not only they are moral but also they are capable of extraordinary and mysterious magic…; With view of gender culture, the thesis learns the earliest female character in Vietnam Medieval literature who is heroine called My E in “Viet Dien U Linh” Through a foreign minority women character My E (My E is Chiem Thanh people), Li Te Xuyen as well as many other scholars in medieval period affirmed the necessity of being popular to the virtue of the women: women are to "a woman who has only one husband" ... With view of politicians who are writers we find type of typical character: King. This can be considered to be great "sample" which belongs to gentlemen model in poetry period of X-XV. Through the case of analyzing the character Emperor Le Thanh Tong, the thesis has shown that the Emperor always used poetry to serve political purposes, to support for dominant power…

- Delving poetics describes three types of characters: Bonze character, Heroine character, Emperors character; from which to see featured on language arts, artistic conception of man's literary stage X – XV.

12. Practical applicability:

Thesis can become content of a course for students and graduated students of the Literature major.

13. Further research directions:

Research poetic characters and characters in medieval Vietnamese literature in the period after the 15th century.

14. Thesis-related publications:

1. Nguyen Thi Giang (2008), “Ngo quelling announcement and Summer day scenery from people friendly thought”,Educational Review(187), pp.33-36.
2. Nguyen Thi Giang (2012), “Man's model of the Tran dynasty in theforeverpoem by Pham Ngu Lao”,Journal of Science – Social science(57), Hanoi national university of education, pp. 58-65.
3. Nguyen Thi Giang (2013), “The story about My E (a character inVIET ELECTRICITYcompiled by Ly Te Xuyen) and actual history",Journal of Science- Social Sciences and Humanities(3), Vietnam National University, Hanoi, pp. 36-46.