“CORPSE OF DUST” (XÁC BỤI) SHORT STORY OF NGUYEN NGOC TU FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

Authors

  • Vo Minh Nghia Master, PhD Student, Van Hien University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejls.v5i2.560

Keywords:

short stories, psychological structures, female characters, fidelity, sexuality, psychoanalysis, psychiatry

Abstract

With the short story “Corpse of dust” (Xác bụi), Nguyen Ngoc Tu has created a new and impressive view of how to build a plot according to psychological characteristics. The story structure is a series of developments in the psychology of Diu's character revolving around the subtleties and sensitivity to many changing events of life. Using the psychoanalytic structure from the theory of psychoanalysis, the confusion in the protagonist's psychology is explained by the system of the “ID”, the “ego” and the “superego”. The psychological struggle of wrong times and deviations from moral norms is clearly exposed in the sympathetic gaze of readers. The Psychoanalytic Theory has helped those who come into contact with this short story to be touched and sad for the love, meaning and fidelity of the girls in the Southwest of Vietnam when in love.

 

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Author Biography

  • Vo Minh Nghia, Master, PhD Student, Van Hien University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Vo Minh Nghia is currently a Literature teacher at the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training. He is a member of the Literature Council in HCMC. He is known as a long-time and prestigious teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. He graduated with a Master's degree in Vietnamese Literature and is currently a PhD student in Vietnamese Literature at Van Hien University, Ho Chi Minh City. He has many research articles on Psychoanalysis, feminist theory and literary criticism. He has also published 04 reference books for students.

References

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Do Lai Thuy (2018a). Psychoanalysis and national character. Knowledge Publishers. Ha Noi City.

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Lieu Truong (2011). Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism. Women Publishers. Ha Noi City.

Nguyen Ngoc Tu (2018b). Short story collection "Island" (Đảo), Young Publishers. Ho Chi Minh City.

Nguyen Ngoc Tu (2020). Wind Wick (Hiu Hiu Gió bấc). Bac Lieu Newspaper, Viet Nam. Access from: https://www.baobaclieu.vn/van-hoa-nghe-thuat/hiu-hiu-gio-bac-67392.html.

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Published

2024-10-28

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024)

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