(TÓM TẮT LUẬN ÁN TIẾN SĨ NGỮ VĂN BẰNG TIẾNG ANH) TIỂU THUYẾT MẠC NGÔN TỪ GÓC NHÌN LIÊN VĂN HÓA(TÓM TẮT LUẬN ÁN TIẾN SĨ NGỮ VĂN BẰNG TIẾNG ANH) TIỂU THUYẾT MẠC NGÔN TỪ GÓC NHÌN LIÊN VĂN HÓA(TÓM TẮT LUẬN ÁN TIẾN SĨ NGỮ VĂN BẰNG TIẾNG ANH) TIỂU THUYẾT MẠC NGÔN TỪ GÓC NHÌN LIÊN VĂN HÓA(TÓM TẮT LUẬN ÁN TIẾN SĨ NGỮ VĂN BẰNG TIẾNG ANH) TIỂU THUYẾT MẠC NGÔN TỪ GÓC NHÌN LIÊN VĂN HÓA
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1.1 The cultural penetration comes deeper and deeper intoliterature creating an inseparable combination On the other hand,economic development, world cultural exchanges are increasingpowerfully Therefore, intercultural studies have becomeindispensable and contemporary need
1.2 Mo Yan is considered the "leading character of the XXIcentury" and become a "phenomenon" of Chinese literature, as well asthe world Study on Mo Yan and his works help readers gain a moremultifaceted, multidimensional view on creative thoughts as well asthe experience of life and bravery receiving cultural values of writer.1.3 In Vietnam, the reception history of Mo Yan is nothomogeneous, the researchers focused on exploiting new world ofartistic fiction at the school perspective or merely self-interest in anaspect of literature in Mo Yan novels Therefore, we decided tochoose this topic for decoding Mo Yan novels in interculturalperspective to explore the unique mystery writers considered
"different from Western writers, as well as different from Chinesewriters ", to identify the 'taste' of Mo Yan novels From the point ofview, Mo Yan works can come nearer to Vietnamese readers
2 Objectives and tasks
2.1 Purpose
The choice of Mo Yan novels from the view of interculturalperspective are for four basic purposes of this thesis:
First, to clarify the source of traditional cultural values and modern
culture in Mo Yan's novels
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writers through the image of characters system
Third, to differentiate the character as one of the important aspects,
basic to decode Mo Yan novels in intercultural perspective
Fourth, to evaluate the interculture is one of the important aspects
and highlights of Mo Yan's novels
2.2 Tasks
Corresponding to the four objectives, the thesis will go into fourmain tasks:
First, We analyze and point out the connections between traditional
culture and modern culture, eastern and western, folks and scholarly in
Mo Yan's novels which has a deeply rooted from the changes in lifeand the society
Second, to decode the typical symbols of interculture in the novel
system of the writer to determine the unique and distinctive in MoYan's novels
Third, to analyze the character system intercultural perspective in
Mo Yan novels to identify the key here is to create alternative forwriters' novel system
Fourth, on the basis of generalized entire major works of Mo Yan, to
assess his success from the perspective of interculture
3 Subjects
Within the thesis, we focus only on those aspects which mostlyrepresent the so-called cultural characteristics in Mo Yan's novel interms of: Cultural Origins in Mo Yan novels, the emages of characterssystem, along with intercultural characters system in the novels Sincethen, assess the relationship between Mo Yan novels and traditional
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4 Scope of Research
4.1 The scope of the survey documents
Writing career of Mo Yan was extremely voluminous In the scope
of thesis we focused on understanding the novel considered as aunique and most excellent of Mo Yan which has been translated andpublished in Vietnam including Red Sorghum (2000), Treasure of Life(2001), Sandalwood (2003), The angry garlic (2003), Drunken Nation(2004), 41 gossip (2004), Live no better than death (2007), Thetriangle set (2007), Frog (2010)
4.2 The scope of the research study
- Identify specific interculture in Mo Yan novels by decoding sometypical symbols in this writer's novels
- Assess intercultural perspective from the character as one of themost visible aspects of culture combined East - West, tradition andmodernity in Mo Yan's novel
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From inquiry, determine connotation of intercultural concept, thethesis will go into interpreting the cultural issues, which, applied tothe specific case of writer Mo Yan to decode the unique features inintercultural aspects of fiction writers that were coded as buildingsystemetical motifs - symbols, characters system to see the back andbeyond of Mo Yan folks At the same time, also saw the continueddevelopment of cultural values in work time, from which to see theunique and distinctive in Mo Yan style
7 The structure of the thesis
Apart from the introduction, conclusion, references, the thesis ispresented in four chapters:
Chapter 1: Overview of the problem studied
Chapter 2: Interculture Roots in Mo Yan novels
Chapter 3: The symbolization in Mo Yan's novels from theperspective of interculture
Chapter 4: Characters in Mo Yan's novel from the perspective ofinterculture
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1 1 Study of Mo Yan
1.1.1 The view of Chinese scholars
Documents from Mo Yan "monologue"
Mo Yan often "monologue" his attitudes, analysis toward art, novel,people, and society His monologues also appear mostly on press ininterviews and speeches columns These articles were translated byVietnamese researchers and translators
Materials studied about Mo Yan
Affirmed and praised the talents Mo Yan
Most Chinese scholars of this trend as Li Zhen, Trin De Bei,Confucian Xiao Bin, regarded Mo Yan as a pen with strong force,
as a pioneer on the road of innovation
Criticizm and protests against Mo Yan
Besides the praise and recognition of Mo Yan as a talent, there alsoexisted many criticizm and protests It is thought that, besides theadvantages of the content and art, Mo Yan's works fell into lustphenomenon, sexuality, describing many of the carnal desire
1.1.2 The views of Western scholars
The Western scholars show more and more interest in Chineseliterature in general and in particular Mo Yan's novels They give theirviews on Mo Yan in different aspects to most of his works Thisresearchers processed, and approached and decoded his works in boththe content and the art
1.1.3 The views of scholars Vietnam
In Vietnam, since his first work, Mo Yan became a familiar namenationwide Accordingly, the articles, the studies of Mo Yan and his
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By surveying researched conducted in Vietnam about Mo Yan, it isobviously seen that those researches were only focused on his artachievements especially on narrative and writing arts and seftefficiency
1.2 Cultural research on Mo Yan
1.2.1 Chinese scholars
Documents on Mo Yan about culture
In his speeches, Mo Yan has the reader that some aspects of culture
in his novels as problem imagery and symbolism in the novel, theinfluence of folklore and culture The West,… Through thesedocuments, we can recognize the artistic conception of the writer Thenotion that the research could help explain the mixed comments aboutthis unique writer
Group study materials about Mo Yan cultural perspective
Most of the researchers have identified the influence of traditionalculture to contemporary compositions are very strong From ahistorical overview of research from the perspective of Mo Yan inChinese culture, we find, research on culture has been mentioned inseveral articles published in journals, dissertations, MA thesises,books Many studies have stature and high practical significance
1.2.2 Western scholars
In addition to an overview of life, career as well as representativeworks of Mo Yan Western researchers also have many works such asbooks, newspapers, dissertations thesises on Mo Yan on various
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of Western art to the writer Most Western researchers appreciate theworks of Mo Yan Specifically, the project has spent much effort toacquire and study the influence of modern art thought to Mo YanWest Since then, the Western scholars praised Mo Yan in the methods
of narrative, describing the feeling of art This is an important hint for
us to inherit and study this topic
1.2.3 Vietnamese scholars
There are many approaches on literature, each approach has its owncharacteristics Along with expanding operations, the translation of MoYan Mo Yan research problem also gradually expand the range ofcultural aspects Overall, the studies of Mo Yan in Vietnam wereexploited in fiction writers cultural perspective in aspects like beautyand ugliness in the novel, a mixture of myth and folklore stories true inhistory, these are important aspects for us to refer to whenimplementing this topic
1.3 Intercultural research on Mo Yan
Recognising Mo Yan's process of writing and research, we found,studies on the common cultural aspects in Mo Yan's novels have beenwidely perfomed However, no specific projects, yet, directly discusscultural issues, but at some certain works touched various aspects ofinterculture
1.3.1 Chinese scholars
Although no specific projects, clear research on interculture in MoYan's novels, works well initially examined various aspects of inter-culture and the writer In particular, these studies on intercultural
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1.3.2 Western scholars
Through studies on researches by Western scholars, we noticed, theresearchers had touched on the cultural aspects of Mo Yan's novels onhis writing as magic realism, S.Freud psychoanalytic But that's thegeneral cultural issues, within the documents we examine the workswere not mentioned cultural issues and touched different aspects ofinterculture However, These documents are useful for us in theprocess of implementing the subject
1.3.3 Vietnamese scholars
Viewed from postmodern factors, the researchers do much research
on the influence of post-modern culture to Mo Yan on various aspectssuch as deep sexuality , dreams, the strangeness law, some works alsomentioned the cultural aspect as folks traditions, language,symbolism In particular, the researchers have touched on thecultural aspects of Mo Yan's novels as the legal writing magic realism,the influence of S Freud's psychoanalysis
Chapter 1 conclusion:
Through studying the literature on studies Mo Yan situation bothdomestically and abroad, we find that the situation Mo Yan studyprimarily focuses on the following aspects
First, the researchers went deeper into Mo Yan poetic angle self
learning
Second, there have been some studies of cultural aspects in Mo
Yan's novel as research work from the standpoint of Mo Yan folk
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Mo Yan
Third, the study of culture virtually stopped at studying,
researching an aspect of culture in writing Mo Yan just cultural issues
in Mo Yan's novel but not linked cultural Some works, researchershave touched cultural issues, however no specific name it isintercultural In addition, the researchers also yet to learn cross-cultural concept from that applied in the case of Mo Yan's novel Thisreally attracted us in the process of looking to the writer's work
CHAPTER 2:
INTERCULTURE ROOTS IN THE NOVEL MO YAN
2.1 Mo Yan with interculture
2.1.1 Cultural issues in the study of literature
Currently, there are many different interpretations of intercultural.Whether standing at different angles with different research purposes,but we see the comments on the intercultural, the researchers sharedthe same opinion: Union combines culture, cultural exchange betweenthe past and modern, between different ethnic communities, with theway of life and different worldview The characteristics of culturalcontinuity is expressed vivid, diverse in all aspects of the novel, by
"world or characters in each character, through the narrative method,how to tell, through the organization of point of view and how toorganize space - time as well as a diverse textures, rich May find inter
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From understanding the concept of intercultural, we noticed,intercultural in a writer's novel is that the writer has inherited nationalculture medium outside the receiving culture to put in writing Shown
in terms of content (stories, facts, events, characters, ) and in terms
of art (art building cultural icons and modes of narrative, language,tone , )
2.1.2 Mo Yan novels and interculture
Like other writers, raised from the wellspring of national culture,bathed in an atmosphere of folk, Mo Yan always respect those valuesand receptive to creativity put into literature Thus, we encounter infiction writers customs, folk customs, folk beliefs and ideologicaldoctrines like Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Besides, Mo Yan
is also affected Western literature not only in content but also in novelform, especially in technical writing
If you like traditional Chinese culture profound impact to thewriter created the character with bold language and recreate folkcustoms, folk beliefs, all derived from disordered reality horizontalnaked and village Gaomi his homeland, the meetings with the Westernwriter Mo Yan revelation for a lot, it stimulates the creation of MoYan in the France using new art creates a unique batch of expressionsfor the work
2.2 The premise of traditional culture in Mo Yan novels
2.2.1 Hometown Shandong - Gaomi
Hometown Shandong is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization.Hometown of the great luminaries, the heroes raised from such a
Trang 11cultural environment has an impact on cultural and spiritual Mo Yan.Gaomi Region - Northeast China is the backdrop for most of hisextraordinary novel Writers assimilate the joys, sorrows of Gaomiwith joy, the sorrow of mankind.
Gaomi lands became milk line nurturing literary talent Mo Yan.Reading his work, the reader easily see soil vapor concentrationanonymously direction countryside and deep love can not melt betweenhim with "blood-earth" Northeast Gaomi
2.2.2 Backgrounds
From composition of Mo Yan came, we saw in him many points ofinterest He was the youngest in a family with four siblings, born poorfarmers 11 years in primary school he had to drop out of school toearn a living A whole string of childhood days Mo Yan associatedwith poor destitute When a writer Mo Yan appear before readers with
a human image idyllic, rustic and always conscious every time writer.Therefore, his work "filled with secular views" Besides, childhood,and intellectual soul is nourished by writer lot stories of grandparents
We can say, families with folk stories are rough to his archivesused in their art
2.2.3 Chinese traditional cultural beliefs
As one of the countries with a long tradition, the cradle of humancivilization, the convergence of local lines of thought as well as fromoutside the line of thought introduced as Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist,China has many rich traditions and unique It is also a land of breathcrystallizing Eastern spirituality through the Confucian doctrine withfeudal ideology to prevail in people's lives, the Buddhist doctrine withspiritual confidence in the karmic reincarnation, evil with evil, it was
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2.3 Premise modern culture in Mo Yan novels
2.3.1 The issue of globalization and the world cultural exchange
Globalization is a concept used to describe the change in societyare created by linkages, exchange and interaction among countries ororganizations and individuals, in all angles of the economic lifepolitical, social, cultural Hoa on his general trend, China now alsoopen to absorb the cultural movements, literature in the world, itcreates a boom literature University in China under the motto of DengXiaoping thought "Really and demand, freeing thoughts, reform andopening up"
2.3.2 The change in the modern art of China
So far, China has undergone three cultural renaissance times, eachtime undergoing renaissance Chinese culture flourishes special InCongress writers 4th nationally in 1979 Deng Xiaoping declared "untie"the arts have created new possibilities for composing Cognitive processthought to Mao Zedong's cultural innovation processes to reorientpolitics and art under the motto of Deng Xiaoping: Liberation thought,really and demand, reform and opening up appear movement
"blooming, hundreds of hours racing." Because of the orientation ofcultural paths led to the prosperity of Chinese literature
2.3.3 The influence of the market economy.
Under the influence of the reform and opening up, the introduction
of Western culture, the economy - Chinese society there are strongchanges, cultural exchanges expanded, economic development,