| Chen Bowen(1926-present)has been regarded as one of the significant writers in the Sinophone-Thai literature world.He started his literary works in 1972 with different kinds of literary outcomes such as poem,prose,essay,and fiction.His works are not only having different types of subject matters with various contents,but also having a lot of characters to take into consideration and full of Thai characteristics.Moreover,his works also illustrate the reflection of Thai and Chinese cultures.A lot of his literary works have been awarded in Thailand and other countries.From this significant review,Chen Bowen is considered as the representative of the Sinophone-Thai literature's writer.Therefore,this recent study aims to research his fictions deeply and comprehensively in term of the subject matters,characters and cultural reflection.The structure and contents of this paper are as follow:The introduction part focuses on a literature review and the research trends of Chen Bowen's Fictions both in Republic of China and Thailand.This section also provides information about research purposes,values of the topic,and scopes of the study.he last part of the section presents a new idea about this research paper and research methods.The First chapter is mainly based on introducing the background of Chen Bowen's life in China and Thailand and describing his book publications and the type of his fictions.The second chapter provides four classifications of the subject matter of Chen Bowen's fictions which include religious,society,a love story and a married life,and education.To elaborate,the religious subject matter refers to the influence of religious towards people's lives.The social subject matter refers to life and perspectives of people in Thailand.The third subject matter is a love story and a married life.It is related to the tragedy and comedy of the love story and married life.The last subject matter is the education.It is emphasis on the contribution of the teachers and their lives in Thailand.The third chapter focuses on the character images and perspectives in Chen Bowen's fictions which refer to businessmen,female characters,laborers and servants,intellectual and noble persons.The forth chapter provides information about Chinese and Thai cultural perceptions,especially the cultural exchange situations while communicating between Chinese and Thai people in Chen Bowen's fictions.The conclusion part has summarized the characteristic of Chen Bowen's fictions. |
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