Description and Culture of Thai-Chinese People as Appeared in the Literary work " Yoo Kab Kong"

Abstract

The use of descriptive writing is considered as art of language that can paint a picture in the reader's mind. The reader will perceive or recognize an image as if it were a snapshot recorded within the context of contemporary society. The purpose of this article is to study the description and culture of Thai-Chinese people that appeared in the literary work “Kub Kong” by “Yok Burapha” which was published in 2015, by applying concepts of description type and characteristics of culture for the data analysis.
The research results were found that there are 3 types of descriptions that appeared in the literary work “Yoo Kab Kong” namely, 1) Picture descriptions include descriptions of places, descriptions of people, and descriptions of the atmosphere. 2) Motion description includes description of sadness and fear. 3) Description by comparison consists of comparisons in the form of simile, metaphorical comparisons, symbolic comparisons, comparison of the type of personification.
Regarding the culture of Thai-Chinese people appeared in the literature " Yoo Kab Kong", the findings revealed that there are 4 aspects namely, 1) The culture on the humanities includes the culture of Thai-Chinese people related to beliefs and customs and traditions. 2) The culture on the field of home economics consists of the culture regarding clothing and food. 3) The culture on handicraft namely, basketwork. 4) The culture on art namely, language.