The reflection of masculinity in Dheva novel of S. Plai Noi

The objective of this research is to study the masculinity’s reflection that appears in Dheva Novel of S. Plai Noi. This study was a documentary research from Dheva Novel Book of S. Plai Noi, and presented the data in descriptive analysis. The researcher used J.A.Doyle’s Framework as an analyzed framework.

THE REFLECTION OF MASCULINITY IN DHEVA NOVEL OF S PLAI NOI Ditsayatas Sriboonrueng Graduate Student of Thai Language, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand Rattana Chantao Thai department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand Abstract The objective of this research is to study the masculinity’s reflection that appears in Dheva Novel of S Plai Noi This study was a documentary research from Dheva Novel Book of S Plai Noi, and presented the data in descriptive analysis The researcher used J.A.Doyle’s Framework as an analyzed framework The study indicates that masculinity which is appeared in Dheva Novel of S Plai Noi is mostly reflected in the success of masculinity; especially the male god that is presented to succeed, the highest success is god blessing The success was mentioned often It is consist of self-confidence, and aggressiveness which are all three masculinity’s qualifications in one person Moreover, another that mostly appeared in this Dheva Novel of S Plainoi is sexual attraction which is in sight through a variety of characters Keywords: Literature, Dheva Novel, S Plainoi, Masculinity Introduction Literature is accepted in the academic society It is a source that reflects the social, cultural, political, historical aspects, and faith, nevertheless, literature form is fiction writing Literature is able to reflect some social aspects The writer's reflection is the sentiment and value of the author's novels S Plai Noi is a well-known and widely used pseudonym of Sombat Plainoi He is the documentary writer about Thai history, culture, geography, tradition, and Thai society in various aspects He was honored as a national literary artist, art created language in 2010 S Plai Noi reflected the sentiment and value through his writing, for example, Animal, Plant, Dheva, Non-human, Lunar, Jewelry, Himmapan creatures, Dragon, The 12 zodiacs, and Garuda These writings are one kind of literature which mirror social, historical, literary, traditional aspects, faith, and legend Moreover, S Plai Noi showed the gender that is masculinity’s appearance through character in his writing In term of “gender” in Thai academic circle, there are many words of “Gender” to use in Thai language such as sex status, gender, role of male and female, the relationship between male and female, the powerful relation between male and female, and female and male The term "gender" in the definition of American-British feminist is used to indicate the difference between sex and gender that implying sex is a biological classification, while gender is socially constructed Feminist scholars, is influenced by psychoanalysis, argue that sexual and gender identity are closely related and cannot be separated yet 495 However, there are many different meanings of gender, it is stated that gender is not only role of male and female, but also sexual status with power, social class, ethnicity The other significant differences are under political, economic, social, cultural, or historical conditions in a short period that can affect the allocation and accession to the power and social resources in each period of time Furthermore, gender also manifests the fluent of sexuality that consisted from complex factors (Kritaya Archavanitkul et.al, 2004) and covers the expectations of femininity and masculinity in terms of belief, attitude, and myth Including the tradition has become social norms in the femininity and masculinity Gender issue is a study of basic biological aspect in human behavior In the biology is required in a sexual but not the sexual behavior The difference between women and men humans also reflects the interaction between the physical requirements, plan of social life (Kanjana Kaewtep, 2001) Meaning of gender will be thoroughly explained and classified by nature of each gender which are displayed in sexuality, for example, the males has to have masculinity: steadiness, aggressiveness, stubbornness, and reasonableness They also have the ability to think systematically, having psychoanalysis and access fairness, and control emotions According to the females or the femininity, they are feeble, modest, helpful, mindful, polite, sensible, caring others, and unselfish Society has to everything in its power to keep males in a nature of masculinity and keep females in a nature of the femininity in order to preserve the order of culture and the peace of society Sexuality is the property of individuals who are above social change Therefore, he writing of S Plai Noi is a work reflecting the aspects of faith, and myths, but the content also discussed geography, history, politics, governance, notion, bourgeois lifestyle, social class, family status, and sexual status or gender, especially gender issue “masculinity Another interesting issue is S Plai Noi how to show the reflection of masculinity appearance Thus, the researcher implemented Doyle's (1991) concept of masculinity as a framework for this study Because of the strategy of character creation of S Plai Noi, it is a set of ideas in many ways, or it may be a social building in his ideal that is aware of the paradigm and experience The concept of masculinity is a key concept in this research as a tool to examine the writer's concept of masculine patterns and processes The research result The results of this study reflect masculinity in Dheva Novel of S Plai Noi that presented in various and different aspects It can be concluded as follows: Don’t be female is expression character with strength, high confidence, decisiveness, and venturousness of doing business or lifestyle in Dheva Novel There is also masculinity expression that is not the femininity Generally, the myth of Dheva Novel of S Plai Noi often reflected through social context in that period totally adhere with faith and society that respect to gods All gods must to be the male They are believable and admirable in accordance with the tradition at that time Hence, the myth of Dheva Novels presented that are masculinity image Be successful is one of masculinity appearance that must succeed in his life and is expected to success Masculinity has to be success in the myth of Dheva Novels, mirrors in the story of Shiva, a major god Both in the story of Narayana and Brahma are a success 496 that put on an act as a god to all three divinities Masculinity reflection that succeeds in his life as King Devanagari and King Dhossarot are defined the perfect king The successful masculinity in the myth of giants is to be a rival of the gods in a region These cause the faith and respecting the gods in the region Be aggressive that happens through castes in Dheva Novel is showed that masculinity with the aggressiveness’s framework express through the gods’ myth Indra is the king of angry god when he was annoyed by others, and he was senseless when he drunk Then, King Devanagari is aggressive and impolite for being the king Hermit Viswamitra is a powerful person that can use the power of the punishment of others, showing the character of the cruel The giants are presented as villains, allowing the image of the gods to be sacred, and fearless These expressions also are aggressive Gods, giants, and kings are made known as an aggressive image under the power of anger forever following to the faith and culture of the admiration which are not able to separate Be sexual that appears in Dheva Novel is masculinity reflection with sex attraction which displayed through the myth of good gods: Shiva, Narayana, Devanagari, Brahma, Indra, God of Death, and God of Sun The above is showed masculinity image clearly in lots of sexual partners These identify gods’ power of merits of whole people Moreover, sexual attraction reflects their images through the myth of demons Thossakan, and Norrakarsoon are the villain that reflect to take advantage of other people's lovers to show the degradation of their gods opponents Be confident that appears in Dheva Novel of S Plai Noi is masculinity reflection with self confidence in the myth of Dheva Novel through the legend of Ramayana and Giant Hirantra The expression demonstrates the capacity of them If they are protagonist, the characteristic will be believable On the other hand, if they are villains, the characteristic will be aggressive Both characteristics reflect the cultural expression of masculinity following to the social context The conclusion about masculinity in Dheva Novel of S Plai Noi revealed that the characteristics of male with bravery, confidence, decisiveness, especially aggressiveness These are considered that the morality in the past society was humble, specifically a doctrine or a moral system Religious in Brahmanism opinion in human equality was not widespread The lifestyle of the people in society is based on ancient ethics that focused on strength, and the physical strength was the principal Therefore, masculinity reflected in the above 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