The Female Illness in Novel Nueng Nap Wan Nirandon

Abstract

This article aimed to study the female illness in novel Nueng Nap Wan Nirandon by Kittisak Khongkha which connect to the patriarchy system. The paper was divided into four areas 1) the female illness and the supernatural 2) the female illness and the treatment 3) the female illness as the narrative technique 4) the illness, politics and the otherness. The results reveled that: the novel is presented the female patient connect to the supernatural through the time travel and the possession phenomenal. The female illness treatment is presented through simultaneously the pharmacologic treatment and the non-pharmacologic treatment, but these are not in better condition. Moreover, the novel uses the point of view of the patient as a narrative technique.  Storytelling through the patient’s vision brings about an incoherent story like the brain disease patient perception. In addition, the novel connects the female patient with the expression political views and the otherness of the patriarchy. In summary, this article reveals that the female illness is not only the physical abnormality but also is presented under the patriarchy.