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Doan Thanh Liem 2019, Festival of Vietnamese cultural symbols through contemporary Vietnamese historical fictions, Human resources for social sciences magazine, Vietnam Academy of Social

ACADEMY VIETNAM SOCIAL SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DOAN THANH LIEM

BASIC ART SYMBOLS

IN VIETNAMESE CURRENT HISTORY

Major: Vietnamese literature

The work is completed at:

Academy of Social Sciences Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR:

Assoc.Prof.Dr NGUYEN DANG DIEP

Reviewer 1: Assoc.Prof.Dr Ha Van Duc

Reviewer 2: Assoc.Prof.Dr Ngo Van Gia

Reviewer 3: Assoc.Prof Dr Ton Phuong Lan

The thesis will be defended in front of the Academy of Thesis Judging Council, at: Academy of Social Sciences, 477 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi At the time of day month year 2020

Thesis can be found at: - National Library

- Library Library

LIST OF AUTHOR'S ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED

1 Doan Thanh Liem (2017), The Symbol of Supremacy through a number of contemporary Vietnamese historical novels, Vietnam Art Forum Magazine No 273 / October 2017

2 Doan Thanh Liem (2017), Nguyen Hoang - a journey to open the world through the novel Minh Su by Thai Ba Loi, Journal of Science and Technology, University of Science, Hue University, November 2,

2017

3 Doan Thanh Liem (2019), Festival of Vietnamese cultural symbols through contemporary Vietnamese historical fictions, Human resources for social sciences magazine, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, April 4, year 2019

PREAMBLE

1 The urgency of the topic

1.1 Icons exist in human life right from the moment when humans think about nature and society with the simplest images From primitive societies to civilized societies, from prehistoric humans to modern humans, symbols are always created as a tool to perform social functions, expressing human perceptions of natural and social

1.2 Symbols not only exist in customs, beliefs, religions, politics and advertising activities, but also exist in rich and diversified works of art

1.3 In terms of perception, there are many means of performing the function of conveying the ideological content of literary works In contemporary Vietnamese historical fictions, the world of symbols is an art vehicle that performs that function 1.4 Historical fiction is a literary talent with a complex characteristic, in which historical reality is the "bone" material and artistic fiction makes the "soul" of the work For contemporary Vietnamese literature, historical fiction has made great contributions, leaving a deep impression, with many historical novels winning awards through literary awards and many forums Literature discusses the author and historical novel

2 Purpose and mission of the study

2.1 Research purposes

- Discover the cultural and historical values of the Vietnamese nation through symbolic systems

- In the process of studying symbols, we will clarify a number

of meaningful arguments that define symbolic values and their connection with the issue of social life, contemporary people 2.2 Research mission

- The thesis will reopen a number of theoretical issues about symbols and historical novels in the spirit of inheritance, promoting the works previously studied

- The thesis focuses on surveying, identifying and analyzing a number of basic artistic symbol systems: natural symbol system, human symbol system, cultural symbol system in Vietnamese contemporary historical fictions

- The thesis will clarify the role and function of symbols as a characteristic language unit - the symbolic language in Vietnamese contemporary historical fictions through the writer's artistic

In literature, the symbol is distant its original life as a form of sign,

an important unit of language for constructing meaning

3.2 Research scope

In addition to studying in-depth Vietnamese historical fictions after 1986, to a certain extent, the thesis will examine historical

fictions of earlier periods, and compare historical novels of some other literature to see more clearly the achievements of contemporary Vietnamese historical fictions

4 Research methodology of the thesis

4.1 System method

The system method helps us gather different symbols, arrange them according to the corresponding symbol system for analysis The systematic method also helps us to gather research works and articles around the research object and scope of the thesis

4.2 Comparative method

Using the comparison method, we will determine the nature of the research object in relation to the object of other studies; defines the nature of each type of symbol in relation to other symbols 4.3 Type method

Talking about the type is referring to a set of things and phenomena that share some basic characteristics This method will help us to identify the different icons in order to align them to a suitable style / type

4.4 Approach literature from a cultural perspective

Approaching literary symbols from a cultural perspective will help the thesis explore the depth of human culture and history through the expression of the symbol's value in literary works 4.5 Interdisciplinary approach

The study of symbols in literature, especially symbols in fiction, requires the use of many different types of knowledge such

as history, sociology, cultural studies, psychology, religion, beliefs,

poetic studies, self-study Therefore, the thesis will use the interdisciplinary method to further explain the use of symbols as well as the layers of meaning deep in the literary symbols

5 New scientific contributions of the thesis

- The thesis is a specialized research on symbols in Vietnamese contemporary historical fictions

- Contribute to the systematization of theoretical knowledge about symbols and literary symbols, symbols in historical fictions as

a basis for exploring cultural and literary values in historical novels

in particular and literature general

- Analyzing the symbolic system in Vietnamese historical fictions in the doi moi period, pointing out the artistic creation achievements of the writer, thereby, more clearly recognizing the richness and richness of cultural values in literature

6 The theoretical and practical significance of the thesis

- The thesis researches deeply the national historical and cultural values through the symbolic systems, thereby contributing

to preserving and promoting the national cultural and historical values in the context of the renovation country international integration

- Is the reference for the work of research and teaching literature in high schools and universities

7 The structure of the thesis

In addition to the Introduction, Conclusion, List of references, the content of the thesis includes 4 chapters:

Chapter 1: Overview of research and theoretical basis

Chapter 2: The system of natural symbols in Vietnamese contemporary historical fictions

Chapter 3: The system of human symbols in Vietnamese contemporary historical fictions

Chapter 4: The symbolic community culture in Vietnamese contemporary historical fictions

Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH SITUATION AND

THEORETICAL BASIS 1.1 Historical fiction and symbol study problem

1.1.1 Study icons

1.1.1.1 Outline of research status symbols in the world

Marxist philosophy considers symbols to be the individual subjective product of human cognitive activities, symbols lose cultural values that do not belong to the existing, ancient accumulated through the ages and not in mind community formula For the psychoanalyst, the symbol is not a stage of cognitive process but images, things crystallized from the "collective unconscious", of the "region of experience" Two typical representatives of the theory of psychoanalysis are S Freud and Carl

According to Iu M Lotman, a symbol is a cultural symbol

He asserted that culture is a semiotic phenomenon All cultural phenomena have a semiotics characteristic

In short, the path of decoding the symbol is quite rich, each decoding method has its own characteristics, forming a theoretical system of symbols

1.1.1.2 The situation of symbolic studies in Vietnam

The study of symbols in Vietnam follows two main trends, which are the translation of foreign research projects and the application of translated theory to study symbols in each field of social life

In terms of translation and theoretical introduction, there are some notable works as follows: 1 / From psychoanalysis, mainly works of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung such as: totem and taboo ( Translation by Doan Van Chuc), Subconscious exploration (translated by Vu Dinh Luu); publications referring to symbols in relation to spiritual culture, art, love, national character by Do Lai Thuy et al; 2 / From linguistic, cultural semantics to Iu's cultural semantics M Lotman (1922-1993) by the authors La Nguyen, Do Hai Phong, Tran Dinh Su The above translation works have

theoretical foundation value for the research direction of cultural symbols and literature in Vietnam

The study of symbols in literature is also a noticeable research direction in recent years Although research activities have also achieved respectful results, reflecting the great value of the symbolic world in social life, symbolic research in Vietnam has not yet aimed

at building a specific theoretical system , an independent symbolic research department has not been established

1.1.2 Research Vietnamese historical fictions

Before 1986, the research works on these literary lines were not much, just short, small articles published in magazines, or there appeared some general statements about the people reading Trieu Duong's works Tan Dan Tu, Nguyen Trieu Luat The most significant of the research works on Vietnamese historical fictions before 1986 is the study of modern Vietnamese fictions by Phan Cu

De

Since 1986, research activities in historical novels have had a positive change in the field of translation, as well as criticism Many seminars on historical fiction took place Scientific seminar

"Creation of literature, art on historical topics" (2012), scientific seminar on researching and teaching historical fictions (2019), or seminar on Nguyen Xuan Khanh's novels

Besides, there are many research projects on historical novels Bui Van Loi's doctoral thesis discusses the appearance and characteristics of Vietnamese historical fictions from the early years

of the twentieth century to 1945 Thesis on Vietnamese historical

fictions after 1945 by Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh (by the CAND Publishing House 2012 edition) is a very meaningful "relay run" step, continuing the work of Bui Van Loi The thesis on Vietnamese historical fictions after 1986 under the narrative perspective of Nguyen Van Hung is a theoretical work on Vietnamese historical fictions in the doi moi period In general, the authors have analyzed and found important features of the narrative point of view, narrative structure, and narrative discourse of Vietnamese historical fictions

Examining the definitions of symbols from dictionaries, we find that there are similarities when seeing a symbol as a representation, an expression for something, apart from it and different from it It can be an object, an image, an act, a ritual, a ritual recognized by society as an "idea" It can be considered that the symbol includes two elements "The Expressed" and "The Signified"

1.2.1.2 Distinguish symbols with some similar forms

Logos: Is to show, to expose noticing something The object chosen as the symbol has the meaning relationship "close or overlapping" with the expressed value

Symbols: Symbols are construed in two meanings: (1) - a simple material sign due to a natural relationship or convention, as a substitute for a more complex reality (writing, chemical symbol ); (2) - which is directly identifiable, allows conclusion of existence or

of authenticity with another associated with it (letter)

Sign: A sign is a very common word in everyday life It is a sign to signal something about to happen The object making the

"sign" is also simply an estimated image, gesture, color

Signal: A signal is a word that has a fixed, immutable, and non-substitution function for anything

Metaphor: A method of translating the meaning of one to that The relationship between the thing / that which is represented and what is represented is on the basis of similarity

Metaphor: A variation of a metaphor in which one uses a concrete, vivid image to denote an idea of human philosophy or a moral moral lesson, in order to make that representation become deep, profound

1.2.1.3 Symbolic art and symbol art

In literary works, icons and symbols are not parallel nor completely interdependent but in the symbolic structure of the work The origin of the image is built from the artist's subjective iconic thinking while the origin of the symbol belongs to the culture and

the community consciousness If the image often identifies itself with external values, subtle in which the artistic models next to it, the symbol has an internal assimilation of values into itself to create

a world that is difficult to distinguish capture specific

1.2.2 The issue of historical fiction

1.2.2.1 The concept of historical fiction

As the name implies, the genre of historical fiction has a close combination between the two elements of history and the novel, the real material and the reflective characteristics of the linguistic art form According to traditional conception, historical fiction is a true representation of past history According to modern conception, historical fiction is historical discourse under the gaze of democratization and globalization era The writer writes about history according to the principle of "retro metal"

We can generalize the perception of historical fiction as follows: 1) History is the artistic inspiration in the writing process; 2) History is not a castle for the writer to flee from the current reality but an excuse for the writer to experience, question the present and the future; 3) The scale and vast coverage of the problems of reality with a new perception of the era make historical events and figures closer to contemporary life than historical science; 4) Artistic fictions are indispensable when writing about history Fiction is different from fabricating, rewriting history

1.2.2.2 Vietnamese contemporary historical fiction

In terms of narrative art: The structure, language, viewpoints, narrative tone of the historical novel best show the innovation In