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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION BANG JEONG YUN IMAGE OF THE NEW WOMAN IN SOME TYPICAL WORKS OF THE SELF-RELIANT LITERARY GROUP (tự lực văn ®oµn) AND IN KOREAN LITERATURE DURING JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD Specialty: Vietnamese Literature Code: 9.22.01.21 SUMMARY OF THESIS OF PhD IN LITERATURE HANOI - 2020 The thesis is completed at: Hanoi National University of Education Instructor: Assoc Prof Dr Tran Van Toan Assoc Prof Dr Le Hai Anh Review 1: Prof Dr Tran Nho Thin University Humanities of Social Sciences and Review 2: Assoc Prof Dr Hoa Dieu Thuy Hongduc University Review 3: Assoc Prof Dr Dang Thu Thuy Hanoi National University of Education The thesis will be defensed at the University Level Thesis Assessment Council of Hanoi National University of Education At … 00' date … moth … year 2020 The thesis can be searched at: - Hanoi National University of Education Library - Vietnam National Library INTRODUCTION The reason to choose this topic 1.1 Vietnam under the colonial rule of French and Korea under the rule of Japanese have many similarities in historical, cultural and social context Although the two countries had to endure oppression, invasion, and suppression from the colonists, at the same time they absorbed and were influenced by more modern culture, in which women have many new opportunities to participate in social life Influenced by more modern culture, women have become more aware of themselves and had a desire for equality, independence as well as to liberate and assert themselves, contribute to society All of these changes have made the woman one of the central artistic images in the literary works of many typical authors at that time This is the reason for us to conduct a comparative study of the image of the woman in the works of The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in Korean literature under the Japanese rule 1.2 Understanding the similarities and differences in the image of women in Vietnamese and Korean literature in the early twentieth century not only helped identify the attributes of regional literature in a period of special sharing common ground (influenced by Confucianism, colonial context, modernization trend ), but also helps to better understand the characteristics, both achievements and limitations, in literature and culture of the two countries gia This is also a trend of literary research now as well as in the future 1.3 As a Korean graduate student, I have been working at the Korean Embassy in Vietnam for years During that time (with the main job of registering for civil status and nationality for multicultural families, especially marriage and divorce registration for Vietnamese brides in Korea) I noticed a lot of Negative problems arise due to a lack of understanding of culture and people between the two countries Therefore, I have the desire to clarify the cultural characteristics of Vietnamese and Korean women, to better understand the spirit, habits and conduct of women in the two countries, and to help them have conditions to better integrate with the living environment in their new country Those are the reasons for us to conduct a comparative study of the image of the woman in the composition of the Self-reliant Literature and the woman in Korean literature in the Japanese colonial period Research Purposes - Notice the laws of the acculturation and literary innovation of each nation after being influenced by the Western Understand the literary and cultural characteristics of the two countries Understand more about the cultural characteristics of Vietnamese and Korean women, thereby contributing to promoting the exchange and integration of citizens between the two countries, especially with women Object and scope of the study a Object of the study The object of study that we identify is the image of the woman in the works of The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in Korean literature under the Japanese rule In particular, the term "new woman" mainly associated with the inner meaning is the formation of a new standard of women under Western influences with two main meanings: anti-religious (Confucian); have a sense of ego, a sense of the right to life b Scope of the study - The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực văn đoàn): focus on investigating the novels: Đoạn tuyệt (The End), Nửa chừng xuân (Mid-spring), Lạnh lùng (Estrangement) - Korean Literature: focusing on the works: Worship ancestors in the mountain, Weaver Girl, Mother and daughter, New Year Eve and Beautiful Sunset Research mission - Surveying the typical works about women of the Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực văn đoàn) and the Korean literature under Japanese rule period - Conduct comparisons to find out the similarities and differences in the image of women in the Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực văn đoàn) and the Korean literature under Japanese rule period - Finding out the socio-cultural characteristics to explain the differences and similarities of the female image in the Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực văn đoàn) and the Korean literature under Japanese rule period Research methods - Analysis – synthesis method - Comparative method - Statistical survey method - System method - Interdisciplinary research method New contributions of the thesis Our dissertation is the first project to compare these two objects to show similarities and differences, thereby helping to not only look more deeply into the achievements of each group, each country's literature but also allow generalization of literary composition characteristics within regions in a specific historical context Structure of the thesis The thesis consists of chapters: - Chapter Overview of the research situation - Chapter Social and cultural background for the appearance of the image of woman in the works of The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in Korean literature under the Japanese rule - Chapter The similarities of woman’s image in the works of The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in Korean literature under the Japanese rule - Chapter The differences of woman’s image in the works of The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in Korean literature under the Japanese rule CHAPTER OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH SITUATION 1.1 Comparative literature and its application to Vietnamese and Korean literature in the early twentieth century Comparative literature has existed for a long time, gradually developed and to this day, it has been identified as "an academic field dealing with the study of literature across nation” The basic object of comparative literature are literary phenomenon belonging to different literature background of different ethnic groups Hồ Á Mẫn identified comparative literature as an international discipline: “Its basic spirit is to treat the world literature as a whole, to place literature from different countries into a holistic structure to discern and compare it ( ) thereby describing and mastering the rules and relationships of literature " According to researcher Nguyen Van Dan, comparative literature consists of parts: (1) studying the relationship between literature backgrounds which have influence on each other; (2) study of the similarities between the literature backgrounds which have no direct influence on each other (similarities prescribed by historical conditions); (3) study the differences between literature background to show the distinctive characteristics of literature in each nation The methods used are very diverse, including the positivistic method, typology, the structured method, the semiotic method, the system method, the sociological method, the psychological method The aspects to be taken into account include genre, theme, thought, style, trend, school of art In short, comparative literature is a scientific discipline that points out the similarities and differences between literary phenomena of different literature backgrounds Therefore, the comparison between two modern Vietnamese and Korean literature in the early twentieth century, especially through a common motif - the image of the new woman from the perspective of comparative literature theory, is fit and helpful 1.2 History of studying the image of woman in the works of The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) 1.2.1 About the content of thought Most researchers highly appreciate the works of The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) because of their thoughts through the image of women: “ It is a harsh condemnation about the religious and moral ceremony, feudal family practices, upholding the slogan of women's liberation and personal liberation ” Truong Chinh since 1935 soon pointed out the hidden implicature behind the love and marriage story in Đoạn Tuyệt (The End): “The intention of Mr Nhat Linh when he wrote Đoạn Tuyệt is to make the reader love the new and hate the old After reading Doan Tuyet, if we hate the old, love the new, find a way to leave the old and follow the new, the author is considered to be successful” The authors Tran Dang Tuyen and Le Quang Hung think that their thoughts are still throughout and dominate the content of the works: “The unique feature of the love novel of The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) is that it is not a pure love story It not only talks about love with its own emotional rules, with the joys, happiness, and suffering that it gives couples, but Khai Hung, Nhat Linh, and Hoang Dao always consciously integrated some social reform ideas into their love stories ” Referring to the issue of women, it is impossible not to mention the image of female characters in the works of The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) The world of female characters in their literary novels is a type of character that researchers call by the name "new women" The authors Tran Dang Tuyen and Le Quang Hung said: “These characters are called the new men and the new women ( ) These people are influenced by the cultural ideology, civilization, and lifestyle of modern Western They oppose feudalism, fight for individualism, love and free marriage They promote the Europeanization movement from literature, art, clothing to the ways to enjoy material life " 1.2.2 About the expression art The artistic value is very much interested and pointed out by many researchers This value directly related to the female characters in two aspects: physical beauty and inner beauty In terms of appearance, Trinh Ho Khoa emphasized the sense of describing the appearance of the character: “Starting from The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn), physical beauty is considered the standard for assessing a complete person This represents a new aesthetic perspective of the era ( )” "The characters' appearance gradually give the reader a gradual satisfaction and evoke a sense of enjoyment" [citing Do Hong Duc; 18/27In terms of inner beauty, Truong Chinh said: “ Doan Tuyet (The End) not only has a social value, but it also has undeniable psychological value Nhat Linh used a sophisticated observation to describe the troublesome states in the characters' own 18 3.1 The "New" Woman - Victim of old morality and patriarchy 3.1.1 No freedom in love and forced marriage All of the characters in the selected stories of this thesis are somehow forced into a marriage they don't want They must marry a husband they don't love or even know his face Loan (Đoạn Tuyệt/The End), Nhung (Lạnh Lùng/Estrangement), Mai (Nửa Chừng Xuân/MidSpring), Zzocan (Worshiping ancestors in the mountain), In-Sook (Weaver Girl), mother and daughter Yepun and Yoki (Mother and daughter), Choi Jung In (New Year's Eve), Sun Hee (Beautiful Sunset) are like that They used to be young girls, have dreams of family happiness (Mai, Yoki, Choi Jung In), have dreams of an ideal husband (Zzocan), or even is in love with a certain boy (Loan, Sun Hee), but in the end they cannot come to the person they love, they cannot follow their dreams After the thrust of life, forced by their parents, they are forced to give up their true feelings and accept an arranged marriage 3.1.2 Being abused by the husband and husband's family The woman often suffered harsh, unfair treatment from her husband's family This issue stems from the inequality between the husband's family and the bride, in which the woman has no right to speak up to protect herself, to defend for her rights and personality About the relationship between the bride and husband's family, modern Vietnamese and Korean writers continue to exploit this inequality, posing social issues when building a common model: the husband's family, especially the husband and 19 mother-in-law are the representatives of cruel religious ideas, and the woman (as the bride) represents the new ideas, the aspiration for innovation, freedom, and progression In Asian societies such as Vietnam and Korea, until the beginning of the twentieth century, women still suffered from serious inequality in the family In the relationship with the husband and the husband's family, the women were the direct victims of feudal customs when the husband's family always imposed on them harsh and inhumane lifestyles Thanks to the opportunity to study and come up with new ideas, which are contrary to traditional religious views, they always dream, desire to live freely, have a sense of the right to life and the right to be happy Society forced them to be submissive while their minds want to escape and change The more aware they were about their personal life, the more they tried to escape And this caused the tragedy of life for all new women 3.2 The beauty of the new woman image 3.2.1 Traditional beauty in the new woman image The desire for love and happiness is a new point in the progressive thought of women in literature in the early twentieth century Nevertheless, they still stand out with the courageous choice of sacrificing the happiness of themselves to build happiness for their loved ones This sacrifice was discussed by many researchers with conflicting notions On the one hand, they considered it a quality beauty in women On the other hand, they considered it a surrender of women to feudalism (at the same time they criticized the writers who did not thoroughly address the thought of anti feudalism that they set out) We believe that it is 20 necessary to see the duality of this point On the one hand, the woman's sacrifice is used by writers to express a feminine aspect formed through the long tradition of Asian women Sacrifice is considered a feminine identity, a unique identity in women On the other hand, it also shows the struggles between the old and new forces, between the old-fashioned conception and the modern open-minded spirit There is a persistent question about a woman's choice of whether to surrender or to protest, to accept sacrifices within the boundaries of religious concepts or to act upon the call of their heart But whatever the answer is, the sacrifices of the female characters are worthy of respect and praise 3.2.2 Woman with progressive ideas of the times The progressive and modern ideas of women in the early twentieth century in Vietnam and Korea cannot appear endogenously in the Confucian feudal environment, but only when the emergence of new elements (see chapter of this thesis) can they create new awarenesses about women The most significant and decisive factor is the knowledge and educational environment It can be seen that most of the "new women" characters are female students, who go to Western schools and are influenced by Western education It is from here that new ideas about the right to live, about individuals, love, and marriage have been spread The woman has had a profound sense of individual rights: the right to freedom and selfdetermination of happiness They realized themselves as an individual with the full right of a human being, the right to freedom and the pursuit of happiness The women had spoken up to ask for the right to live for 21 themselves, the right to freedom of action, and to decide their own life and destiny From a heightened awareness of the right to life, the woman had the spirit to resist the social norms to protect love, protect the right to life and personal happiness The spirit of protest is clear, even with extreme or superficial actions, but all of them showed the attitude of not accepting the reality of women In general, in these characters, there is a process of changing perceptions and actions, from staying calm to gain happiness, to fierce struggles to win and to get happiness for themselves 3.3 Some similarities in terms of art 3.3.1 Visual depiction of character appearance Referring to the female characters in the compositions of the Self-reliant Literary Group and of the Korean writers in the Japanese colonial period, there is one thing in common, as mentioned, they are all new women, and in the writing perspective of the writers, they are the representative of progressive, modern ideas, and the symbols of the spirit against feudalism For that reason, these female characters have one thing in common: they are beautiful women Their beauty embodies the ideas, the desire for happiness, the youthful and fresh, as opposed to the old, grotesque regime In other words, the appeal in their new thought comes first from the appeal in physical beauty 3.3.2 Internal monologue and in-depth description of character psychology At the period of the Self-reliant Literary Group (Tu Luc Van Doan) in Vietnam and writers in the 30s of Korea, literature changed drastically with deep with 22 detailed descriptions of the character's inner psychology The mood of the character seems to be completely exposed in the eyes of the reader And more importantly, that inner world is now shown in a very new way, internal monologue Internal monologue means that the character facing himself to express emotions, to think, even to dialogue with himself It is the truest form of reflecting the human soul Exploiting the depth of character psychology and applying a high frequency of internal monologues in the works of the Self-reliant Literary Group and of the Korean writers under the Japanese colonial period had brought great effect in depicting the image of the woman CHAPTER THE DIFFERENCES OF WOMAN'S IMAGE IN THE WORKS OF THE SELF-RELIANT LITERARY GROUP (TỰ LỰC VĂN ĐOÀN) AND KOREAN LITERATURE DURING THE JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD 4.1 The oppressive tragedy of women and the problems of Vietnamese and Korean society in the early twentieth century 4.1.1 The oppressed tragedy of women and the problems of Vietnamese and Korean society in the early twentieth century Both of the works reflect the situation of forced marriage (from the parents), but in Vietnam, it is associated with the concept of suitability In Korea, the woman becomes a victim of forced marriage due to inequality in economic status These two points seem to be opposite: in the works of the Self-reliant Literary Group, marriage is considered to be valid according to 23 the concept of ethical behavior when there is a proportionate in the class, economy, and value In contrast, Korean marriage is the result of inequality It is an opportunity for poor, low-status families to escape hunger, maintain their jobs by having daughters work as brides for the husband's family Writers of the Self-reliant Literary Group mainly exploited middle-class people to reflect the harsh religious beliefs that remained in this class Meanwhile, Korean writers wanted to reflect on the injustice of women at the bottom of society, where women become victims of inequality 4.1.2 Conflict type and character model In the compositions of The Self-reliant Literary Group, the most prominent conflict is placed in the relationship between female characters, the conflict between different generations of women, between the previous generation and the next generation, in which it is concretized into the relationship between motherin-law and daughter-in-law (plus the correspondence from other types of relationship: mother and daughter, aunts and nieces ) Moreover, to emphasize this conflict, the male characters in the story are also divided into opposing generations The young male characters will support young female characters (daughter-in-law), and old male characters will be "on the same side" with old female characters (mother-inlaw) This division is based on the differences in age and generation, which leads to differences in perceptions and viewpoints However, in the works of Korean writers during the Japanese colonial period, there was almost no conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law (it was even a similar, 24 sympathetic relationship) Instead, it is the conflict between women and men, namely between husband and wife (plus the correspondence as to the relationship between daughter and father) In this case, the women seem to be "on the same side" They are all victims of men and in confrontation with men In other words, instead of emphasizing generation differences, Korean writers emphasize gender order (between men and women) 4.1.3 Writers and projections of ideas through images of women While all writers of the Self-reliant Literary Group are male, there are quite a lot of female writers in Korea Of the five Korean works selected in the thesis, three are works of female writers Their works have a significant impact on different perceptions, different purposes, and therefore will create various viewpoints about the woman 4.1.4 Ways to resolve conflicts The characters in the works of the Self-reliant Literary Group aspire to freedom and seek personal happiness, but there has not been a real fierce protest The protest here takes place in the minds of the characters The Korean works in the Japanese colonial period seem to pose a much more drastic approach to the choice of women From the bold and liberal love perspectives, Korean female characters often resort to strong fighting actions, which show a whole transformation process 4.2 Conflicts and artistic thoughts are expressed in the image of a woman 4.2.1 Conflicts and character system building 25 The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tu Luc Van Doan) used theatrical elements to describe the female characters Through theatrical elements, conflicts are pushed to climax and thus the female characters appear more vivid We agree with this claim and realize that this feature is quite rare in Korean literary works Here, when considering the theatrical elements, we only mention the most prominent and easily identifiable aspect, namely the construction of dramatic situations The dramatic situation is a situation in which there is a conflict between characters through dialogue (like staging a drama scene, which including conflict climax - resolution) These short "drama" are often the highlights for the writer to reveal a typical personality of the character, including the following highly dramatic situations: Loan's dialogue with Mrs Phan, dialogue among Loan, Mrs Phan and Than, or between Loan, Thao and Dung, dialogue in the trial of Loan (Đoạn Tuyệt/The End); the conversation between Mai and Mrs An, among Mai, Loc and Huy; conversation between Nhung and Mrs An, etc 4.2.2 Conflicting relations between the character systems and the writer's artistic thoughts One factor that influences the creation of a character image is the gender of the creator Among the writings of The Self-reliant Literary Group, none of them has been reported from the firstperson point of view They are all narrated by external storytellers Meanwhile, among the Korean literary works, two works impress readers quite strongly when narrating the story from the first-person point of view They are Beautiful sunset and New Year's Eve In Beautiful Sunset, Sun Hee's love story is told by herself Similarly, New Year's Eve is the story of Choi 26 Jung In In this work, Choi Jung In keeps repeating "I think", "I feel", "I am conscious", "that's my opinion", etc This form helps the whole story, and in the events of the story filled up with the characters' thoughts, moods, and emotions In the compositions of Tu Luc, the contradiction is focused on the relationship between the old generation and the new generation This not only places a conflicting focus on the relationship between women, but it also allows the construction of male characters as an advocate for women This feature is very clear in Nhat Linh's passage, through the characters Dung - Loan Thus, the male authors of the Self-Religion while setting up a thesis on the liberation of women, sought to position themselves (men) in the modernization of the nation: there, the man who takes the leading and leading role Korean writers, on the other hand, create a conflict in the sex relationship between men and women In Korean society in the first half of the twentieth century, female writers often had a dual role: to be both artistic creators and activists, with the intention of improving society Thus, from the perspective of female writers, women now no longer need the recognition of men, on the contrary, they need to create an independent life, even against the intervention card of men 4.2.3 Conflict resolution and choice of action of female characters Among the works selected in this thesis, two Korean works can aggressively affect the readers when it introduces the phenomena and states that are considered to be taboo of society In Beautiful Sunset, the unique story situation is used as the highlight of the whole story, and this is also the place that provokes the most aggressiveness: 27 a 30-year-old widow loves a teenage boy about the age of her son From a certain perspective, this can be considered as a phenomenon of immorality, especially when the work was born in the context of 100 years ago with very strict ideas of morality Meanwhile, in New Year's Eve, the confession of a person who is preparing to die has revealed the strange thoughts and sensations of a girl In Mother and Daughter, just one act of agreeing to a divorce, Yoki made the two men unable to believe and understand the new conception of women's freedom Choi Jung In on New Year's Eve almost expresses an attitude that challenges the society and wants to push freedom to a new level The notion of freedom here is no longer freeing from the constraints of morality and patriarchy, moreover, it requires higher standing and overpowers the morality and patriarchy Aggressiveness can be seen as a step in the development of character analysis, pushing character psychology to further areas, in exceptional dimensions that are not normally seen by society This is very new and should be recognized as an initial success of Korean writers under the Japanese colonial period 4.3 Some differences in terms of art 4.3.1 The art of creating dramatic situations The compositions of Tu Luc Van Doan use drama elements to show female characters Through the drama element, conflicts are pushed to climax and thus the female characters appear more vivid We realize that this feature is quite rare in Korean literary works Here, when considering the drama element, we only mention the most prominent and easily identifiable aspect, the construction of drama 28 situations Dramatic situation is understood as the organization of situations where there is a collision between characters through dialogue (like staging a drama scene), in which there is a high focus on the progress of a play of knots - climax - unbutton Such short "plays" are often the highlight for the writer to reveal a typical personality of the character, including the following highly dramatic situations: Loan's dialogue with Ms Phan, between the Loan - Ms Phan Thân triad, or the Loan - Thảo - Dũng trio, dialogue in the Loan trial (segment); the conversation between Mai and Ms judgment, between the trio Mai - Loc Huy; Conversation between Nhung and Ba An 4.3.2 Selecting views and the art of character analysis Among the writings of Tu Luc literary group, none has been reported from the first-person point of view, all told from external storytellers Meanwhile, among the Korean literary compositions, there are two works that impress quite strongly when narrating the story from the first-person perspective, the character who confesses me It is a work of Red Sunset and New Year's Eve At the crimson Sunset, Sun Hee's love story is told by herself, embedded in the story of my character - the narrator Similarly, New Year's Eve is the story of my own character - the narrator, Choi Jung In In this work, my character keeps repeating "I think", "I feel", "I am conscious", "that's my concept", etc This form helps the whole sentence Mixed in the narrative are events piling up the characters' thoughts, moods, and emotions 4.3.3 The art of constructing aggression situations Among the works selected in this thesis, two Korean works have the ability to aggressively 29 aggressive readers, when it opens to the eyes phenomena, states that are considered to be taboo of society During the crimson Sunset, a unique story situation is used as the highlight of the whole story, and this is also the place that provokes the most aggression: a 30-year-old widow loves a teenage boy about the age of a boy yourself From a certain perspective, this can be considered as a phenomenon of immorality, especially when the work was born in the context of 100 years ago with very strict institutions of morality Meanwhile, in New Year's Eve, the intimate confession of a person preparing to die reveals the strange thoughts and feelings of a girl Choi Jung In on New Year's Eve almost showed an attitude to challenge society, wanting to push freedom to a new level CONCLUSION In the literature of Vietnam and Korea in the early twentieth century, we can see the appearance of several writings about women with the spirit of liberation, fighting for women's rights and opposing the strict institutions of feudalism and paternalism which was a long-lasting consequence of the medieval period influenced by Confucianism in the two countries Among them, the most typical in Vietnam is the Self-reliant Literary Group and in Korea is the writers composed in the 1930s during the Japanese colonial period These writers and literary works are considered as important milestones in the literary modernization process in Vietnam and Korea, both in terms of ideological content and expression art The reason for the above similarity in literature 30 is due to the similarity in the socio-cultural context in Vietnam and Korea in the first half of the twentieth century While Vietnam was suffered from French colonial aggression at the end of the 19th century and was significantly influenced by colonial exploitation in the early twentieth century, Korea, at the same time, was officially under Japanese rule since 1910, followed by changes in colonial society caused by the ruling policies In the process of modernization, with both coercions from the colonial government and the selfmotivation of intellectuals, the woman quickly became a focal point of the discussion As a result, a new awareness of women is created and became the basis for the struggle for their right to life and to improve their status It is here that the literary works of the Self-reliant Literary Group and the Korean writers under the Japanese colonial period met and shared similar ideas From this, new suggestions can be made for both theory and application in literary research East Asia, with similarities in historical contexts, should be considered more comprehensively and broadly Vietnamese and Korean literature, instead of being researched on a national scale, should be understood as the phenomena of regional literature From there, it is possible to draw the characteristics of different literature backgrounds in the region Despite sharing common points in many aspects, each literature has its highlights and characteristics The difference in cultural context, writers' force, and practical issues that social life poses in the two countries has led to differences in content and art in literary compositions In the context of ideological content, an important highlight is a difference in constructing conflict, when in Vietnam the 31 generation is emphasized, in Korea, the focus is on gender It is due to the different considerations that literary works in each country are directed to different purposes and in search of different modes of expression Based on the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and Korean literary compositions in a specific period, in specific groups of authors and works, we can fully expand the issue by comparing other compositing periods, other authors or other works in the two countries, or choosing the works in other countries which have similarities The expansion of research will contribute not only to identify commonalities between closely related literature but also to help identify the characteristics of each literature This is the basis for adding a voice to enhance the understanding among nations, expanding literary research from the national scope to the regional and international scope as an indispensable trend in the future 32 PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR DURING THE COMPLETING TIME OF THE THESIS Bang Jeong Yun (2017) (translated with Nguyen Thi Thuy Van, Le Thi Thu Ngoc proofreading), Red sunset (Vietnamese translation), author Baek Shin Ae, Vietnamese Women's Publishing House, Hanoi Bang Jeong Yun (2018), 일일 일일일 일일 일일 일일 일일 일 일일일 일일일 일일 일일 일일 일 일일 일일 일일일 일 일일 일일 일일, 일일 일일, 2018 일 일 (Research on the image of a new woman in the works of Selfreliant Literary Group during French colonial period in Vietnam and in Korean literature during Japanese colonial period in Korea, Journal of Korean Literature, August / 2018) Bang Jeong Yun (2019), Influence of social-cultural context on the appearance of the new woman image in the works of Self-reliant Literary Group in Vietnam and in Korean literature during the Japanese colonial period, Journal for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, July 7, 2019 Bang Jeong Yun (2019), The image of the new woman in Korean literature under the pen of female writers (Japanese colonial period), Proceedings of the International Conference on Education for All, Hanoi ... Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in Korean literature under the Japanese rule - Chapter The similarities of woman’s image in the works of The Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) and in... Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) 1.2.1 About the content of thought Most researchers highly appreciate the works of The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) because of their thoughts... Self-reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn) , all the writers are men CHAPTER THE SIMILARITIES OF WOMAN'S IMAGE IN THE WORKS OF THE SELF-RELIANT LITERARY GROUP (TỰ LỰC VĂN ĐOÀN) AND KOREAN LITERATURE