The Female Character Presentation Strategies in Pongsakorn’s Detective Novels
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This research article aims to study female character presentation strategies in six detective novels by Pongsakorn, The results showed three strategies, namely, the detective personality presentation strategy, the interactive presentation strategy, and the status and role presentation strategy which is female characters with the ability to solve various cases, the author puts forward a good detective personality presentation, namely, analytical thinking ability, meticulousness, calmness, patience, persistence, courage, observation, decisiveness, and quick wit that help handling various problems. Therefore, the characters can be able to accurately and justly unravel murder cases. The interactive presentation strategies for characters to interact with family and society were found to be mostly about helping others, sacrificing, and forgiving. Presentation strategies for various statuses and roles, such as daughter, mother, and wife, reflect the image of female characters in the social context with cultural dimensions of class, ethnicity, gender, status, and belief in order to create acceptance and equality between male and female characters.
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