The Presentation of Modern Women in 1987’s Society in the Fiction ‘Jin Ta Pa Tee’

Abstract

This article aims to present the analysis results of presentation of modern women in 1987’s Society in the fiction ‘Jin Ta Pa Tee’ written by Sophak Suwan based on Liberal Feminism. Narration and dialogue of leading and supporting female characters in this fiction were applied to the analysis is qualitative research. The analytical description was used for result presentation.
The results revealed that: the presentation of modern women in society in the 1987's has two main issues: 1) Presentation of women's images. It consists of female characteristics that portray a modern woman: attractive woman, woman with language abilities, progressive thinking woman and women who lead of the family. 2) Determinant construction of the image of modern women, such as the discourse of a talented woman replacing perfect wife house and the writer's concept. That remain within the framework of patriarchy and unable to express sexuality clearly the modern feminine image style is characterized by the same set of ideas as the novels of the same period. But different in terms of the cause and effect of the presentation of the picture. And also found that the writer's sexual values It greatly affects the gender expression of female characters.