Research & Article

This research article aims to study the characteristics of space and time and to analyze its significance in King Chulalongkorns’s Lilit Nithra Chakrit, a Thai literary version of “The Sleeper Awaken” derived from Arabian Night Entertainment, through space and time frameworks. The results show that three dominant characteristics were found. Firstly, space and time were differently and abruptly shifted. Secondly, there were important roles of presence and concealment in varied spaces. Recurrence of two characteristics mentioned earlier was finally demonstrated. These kinds of space and time then lead to three main essential narrated techniques together with presented themes. To begin with, the theme of a shifted space in a sudden time which repeatedly happened was a key role to present the main theme dealing with obsession and awareness. Regarding the identity aspect, the change and the play with presence and concealment in space and time were also related to identifying characters and their power relationship. Lastly, a sense of humour was constructed by space and time expressing an incongruous situation and a superior sense to make fun of characters before highlighting the theme of awareness.