In 2006, the Vietnam Writers Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of Lan Khai's birth and the Scientific Workshop: Lan Khai with Vietnam's modern literature, Lan Khai was reverte
Trang 1HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
DO THI NHAN
HISTORICAL NOVEL OF LAN KHAI
Major: LITERATURE THEORY
Code: 9.22.01.20
SUMMARY OF PHD THESIS IN PHILOLOGY
Hanoi - 2020
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Instructor: Associate Professor Dr TRAN MANH TIEN
Argument 1: Associate Professor Dr TRAN KHANH THANH Argument 2: Associate Professor Dr NGUYEN BICH THU Argument 3: Associate Professor Dr PHUNG NGOC KIEM The thesis will be presented before the University Council of thesis
examination
At : Hanoi National University of Education
At time:…… , on date:…./ … / 2020
The thesis can be referred at library: National library, Hanoi
Or library of Hanoi National University of Education
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1 The necessity of the thesis
1.1 Lan Khai is a typical writer of Vietnam's modern literature in the movement
of literary innovation at the period from 1930 to 1945 His name left a deep impression
in many genres such as psycho-social novels, forest stories, stories, criticism, research, collections, translation and painting, especially his historical novels Up to now, Lan Khai is the writer with the largest number of historical novels among Vietnam's modern writers (26 works) and is an early writer with an innovative, influential pioneering spirit He has very big impression on historical compositions in later stages, but until now his historical novels have not been fully and systematically studied
Before 1945, with the trend of literary innovation, Lan Khai's historical novels caused controversy around historical and artistic matters and the use of language in historical novels These are complex issues so far the argument has not ended, and since his mysterious death has not been published for a long time, after 1945, there were many Lan Khai relics and dozens of historical novels have not been republished and are widely introduced to readers Up to now, there has not been any research work on Lan Khai's historical novels in a complete, large, comprehensive and systematic manner, especially his breakthrough achievements in the above types in the period from
1930 to 1945 From an innovative perspective, we will find the pioneering work in Lan Khai's writing on Vietnam's modern novels
In 2006, the Vietnam Writers Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of Lan Khai's birth and the Scientific Workshop: Lan Khai with Vietnam's modern literature, Lan Khai was reverted, it shows that Lan Khai's literary heritage is very large, Lan Khai's historical novels account for a large part of his heritage and Vietnam's modern novels which needs to be studied in time It requires fully comrpehensive researches to Lan Khai's historical novel in terms of content and art form in order to see the contributions of writers in the period of 1930-1945 and the evolution of literary history, concurrently to clarify more theoretical issues
1.2 Historical novels that reflect the past imprints of the nation having an important position in literary life as well as in the spiritual life of the people During the innovation period, especially in recent years, the historical novels of Vietnamese writers have risen up with a large number of works and large scale that reflect largely and form many diverse and complicated trends, then there have appeared many different artistic concepts both in writing and receiving Historical novels have become the focus of literary news Before the current trend of international integration, more and more works are applied to modern Western theory in literary research including historical novels However, theory about historical novel introduced in domestically was dispersed and concept of the genre has not been unified, and the compositions have become more and more complicated, and there have been many debates surrounding the issue of history and artistic novel
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of the development of one particular literary genre in Vietnam's modern novel Therefore, we advocate studying Lan Khai's historical novels of Lan Khai in this form Besides, the achievements of Lan Khai's historical novel innovation before 1945 have not been properly viewed objectively At the same time, through our research achievements, we want to clarify the theory of genres in order to contribute to the comprehensive approach and system of historical novels of Lan Khai
1.3 The study of Lan Khai's historical novels has practical significance in teaching Literature and history in the school Because, the access to the compositions on the historical subject of teachers and pupils is still limited, it requires more knowledge of historical literature and intensive theory The research
of historical novel by Lan Khai will provide more theoretical light and values in the work on historical themes to meet the needs of students to raise awareness in the school The study of Lan Khai's historical novels will contribute to make the Vietnamese literature picture more comprehensive, help students become more aware of the history, arousing aesthetic feelings among students about the glorious tradition of the nation
Coming from the urgent need for research and learning today as well as contributing to summarizing the literary achievements of Vietnam in the twentieth century, we chose the topic of the Historical Novel of Lan Khai in order to clarify the theoretical and practical issues of writing as well as the contributions of the writer - Lan Khai in the journey of renewing genre and modernizing the country's literature
in the early twentieth century
2 Subject, scope of the research
2.1.Subject of the research
In order to implement this topic, we focus on examining all the historical novels
of Lan Khai that have been published and reprinted before 1945 From there, point out the characteristics of creative inspiration, artistic conception, the world of characters, characteristics of genre, methods and means of expression, personality forte in the creativity of the writer
2.2 Scope of the research
In addition to the subjects to study, we will simultaneously expand the exploration of short stories and Lan Khai's historical genre; combined with some typical historical novels of medieval literature, historical novels by other writers of the same time and later literary periods We will conduct more in-depth investigations of about
20 typical Lan Khai's historical novels and learn more about the short stories and autographs of his historical topics (The waves of Lo Giang, Mui Ten Dep Loan, 8023)
in the literary period from 1930 - 1945, and at the same, contact with some historical novels in abroad to clarify the object of the study
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3.1 Purpose of the research
In this study, we will shed light on the awareness and achievements of Lan Khai's historical novels and his important contributions that have opened up a new direction for modern Vietnamese historical novels in the movement of literature innovation 1930 -
1945 Based on the theory of genre and historical novel of Lan Khai, we will point out the forte, cultural capital, artistic conception, influential sources, method new genres, creative models of historical novel, factors that make up Lan Khai's artistic achievements Since then, clarify the problems of theory and writing practice about the type of historical novel in Vietnam's modern literature
3.2 Mission of the research
Our research will show the successes and limitations of Lan Khai in the genre of historical novel in the literary period from 1930 - 1945 in both content and form of the art This confirms the contribution of Lan Khai to modern Vietnamese literature in the light of modern theory in the formation and development of Vietnam's modern historical novel from an innovative perspective
4 Theorical base and researching method
4.1 Theorical base
In the context of having a variety of diverse theoretical and literary systems,
we advocate the historical and dialectical materialism of Marxism-Leninism as the basis and at the same time; combine the knowledge of modern Western literary theory
to shine into Lan Khai's historical novels In particular, we pay special attention to the relationship between literature and reality and the role of the genre of historical novels, the sense of artistic innovation of the writer in creation in the areas of creative inspiration, writer's thought with the structure of the plot, characters, languages, the nature of the interference of genre, the problem of space and time
At the same time, we also point out the concept of historical novel and some manifestations of Western literary schools such as the Cultural and Historical School, Psychoanalysis, Surrealism, Narrative Theory, semiotics, neo-historical schools, etc have influenced more or less the writer's work, showing the inheritance and creativity, innovating the historical view of Lan Khai on the flow of Vietnam's modern novel; between the history and artistic novels, historical novels and the context of composition, the writer's consciousness before the era made its own mark in the historical novels of Lan Khai; innovations in the artistic thinking of writers; Lan Khai's breakthroughs in selecting topics and creating characters in historical novels have made his own impression in Vietnam's modern novel that in both national and modern
4.2 Method of the research
To implement Lan Khai's historical novels, we advocate the following research methods:
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of 1930 - 1945 to examine and explain his creative causes and results
4.2.2 Systematic method: We will gather Lan Khai's historical novels into a system to examine both content and form to see artistic conception, history forte and history display the pioneering in art novels
4.2.3 Comparative method: During the survey, if necessary, we relate the historical novels of Lan Khai with medieval novels, some historical novels by contemporary writers, calendar novels, contemporary history and foreign historical novel to clearly see the new and unique elements of Lan Khai's creativity in this genre
4.2.4 Method of classification: We will conduct the classification of types of characters, events, textures of Lan Khai's works, showing different perspectives on the history of the writer's novels
4.2.5 Interdisciplinary method: we conduct an analysis of the similarities and differences between history and literature in a culture in order to show the aesthetic aesthetic of literature and past reality
In addition to the above methods, our thesis flexibly uses other approaches such
as Cultural Studies, Feminism, Neolithicism, Inter-text Theory to complete the research objectives At the same time, we will focus on the use of analytical work to explore the ideas and artistic writing of the writer, both illuminating the theory of the genre and confirming the artistic style and strong innovative spirit of Lan Khai in this genre
5 New contributrion of the thesis
This is the first study of Lan Khai's scale and system of historical novel in both the content of reflection and the form of expression from the perspective of innovation in terms of conception, inspiration and composition Historical events with great significance reflect the thought of the writer's era through the movement
of the character world in historical novel At the same time, highlighting Lan Khai's contributions to the creation of his groundbreaking new artistic methods and methods for creating story lines, characters, using language and time and art space
We will show Lan Khai's own creative path, his unique marks and his contributions
in literary innovation in the period of 1930 - 1945 in this subject
By examining the historical novel genre of Lan Khai, we will shed light on the new ideas and creative methods in the writer's work that have transcended the traditional path, creating new qualities for national literature and certain influences
on contemporary Vietnam's historical novel From there, clarify the theoretical issues from historical figures to literary figures; novelal issues in historical novel; receive history from literature, conception of historical figures in the new era as well as new characteristics of art poetry in the historical novel of Lan Khai
6 Structure of the thesis
In addition to the Introduction, Conclusion, List of References, our thesis is implemented in 4 chapters
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NOVEL OF LAN KHAI 1.1 Researching history on historical novel in the world and in the country
1.1.1 Definition of historical theory
Historical novels written about events and characters of historical past have gone back and forth but were not consistent with the historian's writing If historians describe history with a cold, objective look with the chronicle of the pen, the historical novelist also entrusts his subjective and emotional view to historical events and figures Through history to "add more flesh" but still ensure the authenticity by the flexibility of art Historical novels attract the special attention of researchers In the Dictionary
of literary terminology (1995) by the authors Tran Dinh Su, Le Ba Han and Nguyen Khac Phi pointed out the basic differences on the reflection topic of historical novel compared to other types of novel The authors emphasize the authenticity of historical novel but also acknowledge that novel is an indispensable characteristic
of novels
Historical novelists also provide different interpretations of historical novel In the article Writer Hoang Quoc Hai: Historical novel is the decoding of history (2017) with the opinion of writer - Hoang Quoc Hai considers novel to be a prominent feature
of the genre of historical novel but must, to a certain extent, not distort history In this interpretation, the author still demands that writers of historical novel respect the authenticity of history
In the article contemporary Vietnam's historical novel, some major trends (2018), the author, Nguyen Van Dan cited the opinion of historical novelist - Thai Vu when affirm to honestly reflect history as writing principles and mission should be towards from the writer
And writer Nguyen Xuan Khanh in the article of "A few thoughts on historical novel (2012) especially considered novel as a "privilege" of historical novelist Writers become free composers not subject to the monopoly of historical thinking
Views on historical novels by researchers and writers are rich but inconsistent Based
on the research carried out, we would like to offer the following interpretation: Historical novels are works that have a smooth combination between basic characteristics of the novel and historical documents on the basis of take history as a topic and respect historical events
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1.1.2 Situation of historical novel in the world
In terms of critical theory in the world up to now, there has been the historical novel (1937) of G Lukacs (Hungary) in-depth study of historical novel expressing the extensive breadth of history development and basic characteristics of this genre Then, in Novel Art (1999), G Lukacs further developed: "Not only novel in general, but historical novel must reach the depth of historical philosophy" These sharp points have paved the way for establishing the distinctive features of historical novel in terms of creative principles, artistic purposes and the ability to reflect, perceive history, different from sub-novel, psychological theory, fantasy novels, etc
Russian theorist, G Lenobl in his work of History and Literature (1960) considers the authenticity and authenticity of events and characters suitable to history books as the basic criteria in the composing principle of historical novels However, this concept is still "rigid" because in reality, the composition always has
an extension and move that criterion; otherwise, the work is unavoidable in a coercive, awkward historical record and lack of flexibility of literary art
Hayden White, one of the theorists of neo-modernism on "metahistory" has expressed the postmodern sense quite clearly From that fundamental point of view, he develops all his ideas: “History is narrative Hayden White's new conception of history creates a trend of historical dialogue, rediscovering history and promoting the development of historical novel
In his current work on Western philosophy and aesthetics (1992, Culture Publishing House, Hanoi), he cited the views of Michel Foucault: "History is a discontinuity" Therefore there will not be a seamless narrative that we decode in the course of history This is an important contribution of Michel Foucault to promote the spirit of discovering history, exploiting and connecting "broken points" of history, promoting the development of historical novel
The author, M Kundera in the work of novel art (1998) pointed out the very subtle difference between the historical novelist and the historian: “The historian recounts the events that happened, and the novel captures an ability of life, the capacity of man and the world Historical novelists record human experiences that historians do not care about or not value ”
The British politician and writer, George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928) in British Social History (1922) stated: "History has no real scientific value, its sole purpose history is to educate people ” These concepts show that history and novel have many intersection points Both exist as stories, inevitably using imagination to recreate the past and compensating for the break, the emptiness of recorded truths The great French writer, Alexandre Dumas (father) considered history as
a nail so that people could freely hang their paintings on it On the contrary, in
Trang 9the article discussing about historical novel (2012) in Nghe An Culture Magazine, quoting the opinion of Russian writer, A Tonxtoi: "Historical novel must be exactly like a historical research" Or in the historical novel and article (2012) in the People's Army Electronic Newspaper also mentioned the views of Japanese writer, Kikuchi Kan (1988 - 1948): "History in the novel must be famous person and event recorded in historical books"
In the essay "The End of History" (1989), Fredric Fukuyama declared: "History was ended." But with the advent of post-colonial schools of thought, feminism and many other modern theoretical paradigms, history is being viewed more openly However, history is not summed up, but is put in many different angles, dialogues and complementary directions Even after the Post-Colonialist, novel was born, some countries around the world had to change their minds or rewrite history
When there are many different perspectives on history, it opens the prospect of strong development of creative potentials of historical novelists
1.1.3 Situation of historical novel researching in Vietnam
In the work of Modern Writers (1942), the author, Vu Ngoc Phan has a new perspective on historical novels but disagrees with the use of his inappropriate character language
In the book of Nguyen Huy Tuong (1966) by the authors, Phan Cu De and Ha Minh Duc endorsed the view of considering history as a means rather than a salvation and appreciating the creativity of the writer This view is consistent with the treatment of historical material by many contemporary historical novelists
The author, Bui Van Loi in the doctoral thesis of Vietnam historical novel from the early years of the twentieth century to 1945, (Appearance and characteristics, 1998) also generalized: “In historical novel, the writer has novelal rights, due to the specific characteristics of historical novels In novel, writers often corrupt the reality, realize damage, which provokes imagination and enhances the aesthetic sense" The author, Phan Cu De had an in-depth article titled Historical novel (published in the Journal of Writers in January of 2003) and Vietnam's Literature in the twentieth century - historical and theoretical issues (2004), Section of historical novels, the author - Phan Cu De has initially studied the characteristics of historical novel genres in Vietnam but has not studied in depth about each specific author
In the work of Tran Dynasty Storm, the work and public opinion (2006) published by the Women's Publishing House collected many articles from writers, researchers and historians, which confirmed the unique style of the writer Hoang Quoc Hai as well as the success of this historical novel in respect of objectivity, faithful reproduction of characters, historical events from the historical truth sublimated into artistic truth
The author, Vuong Tri Nhan has an article entitled "History of Creative Inspiration" in Van Nghe Newspaper (No 16, April 21, 2007) also emphasizes the writer's freedom of creative imagination when reflecting history Next, in the article
"Please do not confuse between the novel and history in the Arts newspaper (No
Trang 1045, 8/1/2008) to writer - Cao Duy Thao, the author - Dinh Kinh said that history is the core element of historical novel but cannot identify artistic truth with the history
The author, Nguyen Van Dan, in the essay of Contemporary Vietnam's Historical novel, some major trends (2006), which just confirmed the historical truthfulness of historical novel, on the other hand, he said that he had to acknowledge the " blending truth and novel when recreating historical figures ”, shortening the epic distance
The Author, Pham Quy Binh in the article of historical characters in modern literature (Literature Magazine No 36, September 2008) and the article discussing on novel (2012), the author - Hai Thanh all uphold the authenticity of history in historical novel Sharing the same point of view, the author, Nguyen Dang Diep in the thesis leading the Workshop on the topic of history and culture - Nguyen Xuan Khanh's artistic look (2009) also acknowledges the complexity, richness and diversity of Historical novel as a literary genre In Nghe An Culture newspaper on March 17, 2012, the author, Ngo Thoi Tan wrote the article: "The Four Great Wonders" of Chinese classical novels: the name - the text - the author summarized the great achievement of four classical Chinese novels (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, Kim Binh Mai) and the relationship between history and literature This work reminds us of many valuable ideas in approaching and studying historical novels in the national culture
In the work "History and culture, Nguyen Xuan Khanh's artistic look" (2012)
of the Literature and Women's Publishing House published a more objective view of the success and limitations of Nguyen Xuan Khanh's historical novel and contemporary Vietnamese historical novel in general In the report leading the National Scientific Conference "Creative literature and art on historical topics" in Hanoi on December 15, 2012, the researcher, Phan Trong Thuong emphasized the relationship between historical events with artistic novel, the issue of artistic creation principles on the subject of history
The dissertation of Vietnamese historical novel from 1945 to now by Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh has extensively identified the movement, development and characteristics of historical novel from 1945 to the present Recently, in the Magazine
of Literary and Art Critical Review, No 4/2018, page 12 has an article entitled "On
a historical perspective in contemporary novel" by Tran Mai Hanh also specifies that although historical theory is a work of art, it is impossible to escape from the fact that history has the value to convince readers
All of these views acknowledge the complexity, richness and diversity of historical novel as a literary genre But most of the ideas are just proposing an approach
to the art world of historical novel and decoding history from a subjective point of view into a comprehensive and solid system of scientific theory
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1.2.1 About the writer – Lan Khai
Before 1945, there were many research works on Lan Khai and his writing career of typical authors such as Truong Tuu, Hai Trieu, Tran Huy Lieu, Vu Ngoc Phan, Pham Manh Phan, etc Almost contemporary writers all appreciate Lan Khai's abundant creative and writing talent, typical of Truong Tuu and Vu Ngoc Phan's comments on Lan Khai's forte in historical topics
From 1945 to 1965, Lan Khai's name on the literature was almost absent From
1965 - 1985 on some books in the North such as "Critical real-life literary issues" by Nguyen Duc Dan, "The story of modern writers" (Episode 2, 1972, edited by Tran Van Giap) ) gave some false information about him
Next, we must mention the memoirs entitled our misogyny story (1989) of the widow
- Ha Minh Kim who briefly recorded the life of revolutionary activities and literature of Lan Khai associated with the movements of national history (from 1926 - 1945)
The author, Gia Dung in the article: "A few things about the writer - Lan Khai" (Van Nghe newspaper at last week of August, 1990) provided some more important and new details about Lan Khai's life and career through searching understand the relatives of the writer - Lan Khai in the prewar period At the same time, in the article
"Pilgrimage to the resistance capital" (1990) by writer Hoang Minh Tuong recreated the life and career of Lan Khai as well as his talent and personality
Next is the appearance of memoirs about Lan Khai of the contemporaries of the writer Works of burning old incense burner (1992) (Publishing House of Khanh Hoa) by Ngoc Giao, a pen friend of Lan Khai wrote: "Lan Khai with strange forest road" and
"Playing books" (1996) promoted the topic Lan Khai's creativity and artistic qualities as well as his unjust death
In the work of the poet poet, Hanoi Publishing House, a 1994 reprint of Nguyen
Vi with two articles: "Lan Khai" and "The plum of Lan Khai" has published a lot of information about personal life and writing personality by Lan Khai The author shows
a deep understanding of Lan Khai's people and career and affirms that writing historical novels is his forte of artistic creation
In the Dictionary of Vietnamese Cultural Writer and Historical Character Dictionary (1996, many authors) provided documents about Lan Khai's life and literary career, and mentioned some his historical novels but briefly
Especially, from 2000 onward, elaborate research works on - Lan Khai by the author - Tran Manh Tien such as Lan Khai - Research, theory and literary critic work (2002), Lan Khai - Forest Road Story (2004) written with Nguyen Thanh Truong, Lan Khai, the writer of outstanding realism (2006); Lan Khai collection (2 episodes, 2010), etc collected and summarized artistic achievements in Lan Khai's writing career This is a proven and reliable resource for us to study Lan Khai's comprehensive writing and career system, especially the historical novels of Lan Khai as well as Lan Khai's contributions to Vietnam's modern literature in the early twentieth century
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of the North, Central and South The research on Lan Khai's work has mentioned his background and career with respect and respect for talents and his dedication to the modern but not yet systematic Vietnamese arts So far, it is necessary to have comprehensive and in-depth studies on Lan Khai to have an objective assessment of his career and creative achievements, especially Lan Khai's innovations in the form of historical novel
1.2.2 For historical novel of Lan Khai
In the book "Under my eyes (1939) of Truong Chinh through critique of 5 novels of Chaotic Girl, The throne, Che Bong Nga, Ai to Cat Street, Lan Khai's plum seed by traditional conception, the author - Truong Chinh also did not sympathetic to the way the character building not follow Lan Khai's "historical prototype" of Lan Khai just as the critic
- Vu Ngoc Phan in the book of Modern Writer (1942) commented: "He is a writer who tries
to find new ways"
In the book of Modern Writer, item about Lan Khai (part IV of the book, 1942), Vu Ngoc Phan agrees with Truong Tuu although he has not agreed with Lan Khai in using modern language but still appreciates the talent of Lan Khai thought that only Lan Khai was actually a historical novelist while other writers such as Nguyen Trieu Luat, Phan Tran Chuc, Truc Khe Ngo Van Trien, etc only favored the narrative history
1.2.2.2 After 1945 until now
For about twenty years (from 1946 to 1965), except for some writers such as Pham The Ngu and Nguyen Van Xung in the South, mentioning Lan Khai in a number of editing works, and Lan Khai's name in the regional literature seems to be absent Only a few articles mention some of the events and characters of his historical novel in a rough, uncompromising and systematic manner, even ignoring Lan Khai's important contributions to the practice in the process of novel innovation of contemporary literature From 1965 onward, the research situation of Lan Khai's works took place unevenly in each period and in the whole country The appreciation of Lan Khai and his work is not consistent in both the South and the North The appearance of articles about Lan Khai in the North from 1965 to before 1990 of Hong Chuong writers (Some theoretical issues on literary criticism, Literature Publishing House, Hanoi, 1965), Nguyen Duc Dan (Some issues of critical realistic literature), Tran Van Giap
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In the book of General Literature (1972) (New Life Publishing House, Saigon), the author - Nguyen Van Xung affirmed the important position of Lan Khai in literature and praised Lan Khai's historical novel writing technique with a clear and fresh style of writing ”This view is also consistent with the opinion of Lan Khai 's talent from the researcher - Truong Tuu and Pham The Ngu
From 1990 onward, the articles on Lan Khai's writing came out in turn with
a more open view The author - Ngoc Giao in Portrait and anecdote (1992) also objectively evaluated the artistic ideology of Lan Khai in the genre of historical novel in Lan Khai's article "Strange forest story" In the book of "War poet" (Hanoi Publishing House, 1994), the articles "Lan Khai" and "The plum of Lan Khai" by Nguyen Vi also affirm that writing historical novel is a forte of Lan Khai's artistic creation
In the textbook of Vietnam Literature history (2000) (Publishing House of National University), the authors mentioned the "historical novel with strong romantic characteristics" of Lan Khai and Review of Vietnamese literature of the twentieth century (2002) of the Literature Institute (National Political Publishing House) also affirmed the position of "expert pen - Lan Khai" in such as: Trong con binh lua Ai len pho cat, Treo buc chien bao By Hoai Anh, in the article about Lan Khai, from the romantic tendency to escape to social reality (2001) also discussed Lan Khai's historical novels in comparison with the genre of historical novels in general Also with the traditional view, the author disagrees with the way of Lan Khai's character building about the content and art in Lan Khai's historical novels following the aesthetic tendency of artistic literature
The research works of the author - Tran Manh Tien from 2000 onward have shown Lan Khai's bold artistic innovations in the genre of historical novels, deserving
to be "a pioneer in the journey of novel innovation”
In addition, during the past twenty years, a number of Master's thesis have mentioned some typical artistic achievements in Lan Khai's historical novels on characters, themes, ideas and historical approaches of the writer but still briely The research works are quite plentiful but not comprehensive, Lan Khai's massive system of historical novels with many unpublished works as well as not mentioning new points in the historical novels of Lan Khai Therefore, the implementation of our work is urgent, requiring a comprehensive survey and system of large heritage resources and more complete research products for teaching and learning
1.3 Matters mentioned in the historical novel research of Lan Khai
Through researching historical novels of Lan Khai, we see emerging pressing issues: