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Representation of Trauma and Nature-friendly Environment in Thai Novel Happiness of Kati

  • 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
  • 2022, 15(2), pp.135-153
  • DOI : 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.135
  • Publisher : Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : September 25, 2022
  • Accepted : October 21, 2022
  • Published : October 31, 2022

Nanoak Choi 1

1한국외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

The Happiness of Kati by Ngarmpun Vejjajiva is a story about a 9-year-old girl, Kati, born between a Thai mother and a Burmese father. This study focuses on the representation of trauma and nature-friendly environment in this work. Kati's mother is a patient with Lou Gehrig's disease, a five-year deadline. Kati, who lives with her maternal grandparents in Ayutthaya, Thailand, suffers from a woman's shout when it rains and thunders. Kati's mother meets Kati when her death is imminent and tells Kati about the incident that she had to leave Kati. Kati is suffering from this trauma because of the incident. Kati decides not to meet her father in England after her mother's death. According to the paternal lineage, Kati, who is from Burma, is not bound by this origin and chooses to continue living with her maternal grandparents. Because in a naturefriendly environment suitable for a subtropical climate, Kati has developed a caring mind in daily life to help her maternal grandmother's housework, and admires her maternal grandfather's dedication to others.

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