King Rama IX’s Best Novels with The Concepts of The King’s Philosophy: The Analysis of The Presentation Strategies of Concepts and The Use of The Language of Imagery

Abstract

This present research aimed at studying the presentation strategies of the King’s Philosophy and the use of imagery in the literature written during the reign of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great. The data was collected from the 9 excellent novels of the reign of King Rama IX which presented the King’s Philosophy. The selected novels included The Great Field, Red Bamboo, Mr. Lee and Miss Ma, His Name is Kan, The Northeastern Boy, There is still pleasure in this place, That woman is Boonrod, The Throne Made of Leaves, and Bang-Ka-Pong. There were 3 types of concepts followed the King’s Philosophy: Soil resources management concept, water resources management concept, and forest resources management concept. All of which were presented through setting, character, conversation and description.

According to the results of the study, it was found that there were 4 types of the presentation strategies used in portraying the King’s Philosophy as follows: 1) the presentation strategies used in presenting the King’s philosophy through setting or place, 2) the presentation strategies used in presenting the King’s philosophy through characters, 3) the presentation strategies used in presenting the King’s philosophy through conversations of the characters, 4) the presentation strategies used in presenting the King’s philosophy through the description. Regarding the art of using imagery, it was indicated there were 5 types of imagery employed in the selected novels which were the art of using auditory imagery, visual imagery, olfactory imagery, gustatory imagery and tactile imagery.