Papers by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
In the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Garden of Eden, a biblical earthly paradise inhabited by th... more In the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Garden of Eden, a biblical earthly paradise inhabited by the first man and woman, is portrayed to have a sense of a well-cultivated land full of fruits and abundances. In today’s world, the word garden appears everywhere from HomeDecor magazines to magnificent French Jardin collections. The word garden, in literary criticism, often refers to something crafted by man as opposed to the power of nature. In theological writing, a garden is most usually used in reference to the Garden of Eden and a symbol of the Virgin Mary in the Christian Tradition. Gardens are also perceived as an image of the soul and innocence. It symbolizes consciousness due to its enclosed characteristics, as opposed to the forest. Moreover, gardens are generally considered feminine and represent fertility. There are several ways in which the word garden is used in the English language. In this essay, the word garden will be explored in two different corpora. There will be an attempt to analyze whether the word “garden” is used metaphorically or literally in both of the corpora.
In order to achieve a certain level of comprehension, students need to know about the historical,... more In order to achieve a certain level of comprehension, students need to know about the historical, cultural, and geographical contexts of the concepts and ideas presented in the passages, especially in literary passages. In my class, what I often do is to interpret the text for my students. I know that doing so would make the class extremely passive. Accordingly, I would like to experiment on making them interpret the texts and tackle the questions by themselves. In doing so, students will find it fascinating reading all passages by themselves, and if they get stuck by their lack of cultural and historical contexts, how can I help them? Eventually, I came up with my hypothetical questions: would guided reading (and providing supplementary materials)
encourage students’ independent modes of reading? Would there be any other teaching techniques or practices that foster students’ performative reading and finally help them become an active reader?
In this section, I compile all of the written works I did in this class. I'm surprised by the amo... more In this section, I compile all of the written works I did in this class. I'm surprised by the amount of writing I did. The collection includes 5804 words and 10 sections. The collection doesn't include the replies I made to my classmates. However, I wrote around two replies in each discussion I participated in. Most of them were one to two pages length. When I reply to a very theoretical piece of writing, I usually write back in an academic and informative manner. On the other hand, I always write in a more personal and analytical manner when it comes to responding to poems and my reading experiences.
This particular research will primarily focus on the usage of language in Thai gossip articles, m... more This particular research will primarily focus on the usage of language in Thai gossip articles, magazines , entertainment news, websites, and other sources. Since Thai people's mode of communication and discourses are primarily influenced and dominated by various factors and constituents such as Thai sociocultural perspectives and Buddhist concepts, accordingly, Thai language used in gossip articles and media is almost entirely indirect and metaphorical, and is sublime with the employment of various linguistics strategies. These gossip articles and entertainment news are permeated by a plethora of distinct linguistic features and satires employed by the authors of particular pieces. The research is aimed to provide the reflection of Thai beliefs and socio-cultural deduction illustrated in these subject matters and exemplars elicited from various gossip and literary sources in Thai language. Moreover, the objectives of the authors who use these linguistics strategies will be synthesized and analyzed by different sources to demonstrate how the columnist achieve their communicative purpose and objectives through these usages of linguistic features. The conclusion would be drawn by employing textual and discourse analysis as a method to identify and interpret the underlying concepts and functions of particular linguistic features which may include the use of metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, speech/language play, euphemism, dysphemism, taboo, and other rhetorical, linguistic features. The objective is to show the cultural values and undesirable behaviors which are ubiquitous and prevalent in Thai society. Furthermore, by the fact that the way in which language is practiced and implemented will unveil the sociocultural viewpoints and perceptions of the speaker and author, writing styles and linguistic repertoires appearing in the specific representative pieces will be critically scrutinized and analyzed throughout this research.
During spending my time researching on the characteristics and ideologies of Thai film and Thai L... more During spending my time researching on the characteristics and ideologies of Thai film and Thai Lakorn, Tanyatorn Panyasopon’s stunning research on Thai Film appears to be very interesting as she mentioned “Their ideas were analyzed to find out what factors contributing to Thai movies widely seen in worldwide markets. Nine foreign audiences were also interviewed to reveal what characteristics of Thai movies would be well accepted by the markets.The results showed that major characteristics of Thai movies proving successful worldwide were cultural and exotic Thai movies, outstanding genres, well-known actors, music and songs.” (Panyasopon, 2012). Accordingly, this particular essay will be devoted to discuss about the characteristics of Thai film and Thai soap opera in order to serve itself as a source to help international audiences and those who are interested have a comprehension and understanding towards Thai Film.
The transmissibility of gender asymmetry: The Process of Mothering and its impact on the
intern... more The transmissibility of gender asymmetry: The Process of Mothering and its impact on the
internalization of gender roles in Charlotte’s Web and Little Women.
The act of mothering is central to a maternal figure role in the text. The idea of motherhood and the practice of mothering are claimed to be both psychologically and biologically inherited by women. In children literature, the depiction of maternal figures is often restricted to the female character. These personas of maternity often promote maternal care and emotional
support for their children in the text. However, E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web promotes an
innovative depiction of mothering, the insertion of a male into the chain of mothering among the novel's female maternal figures. This particular characterization of a male character to perform the act of mothering raises the issue of internalized gender roles in human society. By portraying Wilbur as one of the maternal figures, White suggests that the act of mothering is not subjected to a particular gender, anticipating the exploration of gender and motherhood. By depicting the act of mothering as both a biological and psychological process, particularly in the feminine space like the domestic sphere, it is implicated that an act of mothering contributes to the
internalization of gender roles in our society. White’s portrayal of Wilbur as a maternal figure
insinuates that males can perform an act of
mothering, along with, Charlotte’s distinct integrity of both female and male traits in her mothering postulates the image “gender neutral mother.”
A variety of renowned theorists have long been investigating and scrutinizing the construction/re... more A variety of renowned theorists have long been investigating and scrutinizing the construction/representation of gender and sexuality, and many proposes the idea of " Male Gaze " or even " Oppositional Gaze " depicted in several forms of narratives in our modern societal state. However, the representation of women and female roles has lately been shifted from its literary traditional convention in dystopian literatures and films. This particular essay will provide the textual analysis and interpretation of various selected feminist dystopian narratives to analyze the circumvention and resistance in relation to the notion of the gaze, proposed and discuss by Laura Mulvey, Bells Hook, and other critics. For a further discussion and debate, a plethora of theories relating to the idea of gaze, panopticon, surveillance, and power will be elaborated and analyzed in relation to one another to propose the distinct characteristics of the gaze which fit the feminist dystopian contexts. The main argument is that the agency of women can be found in the feminist dystopian literature in form of an attempt to circumvent the structure of power and the subjugation to the gaze through an act of resistance and rebellion, however, it cannot be pinpointed and identified that women can completely view themselves as full of agency and the attempt to escape from the surveillance can actually be achieved through the subversive acts performed by them.
Gender: Men and women through time.
Thesis Chapters by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
This reader case study is conducted under my argument towards Susan Sontag’s Against Interpretati... more This reader case study is conducted under my argument towards Susan Sontag’s Against Interpretation. The rationale under this argument is that Students who are not growing up reading literature and not having English Language Arts taught in their secondary school would find the subject (the studies of literature) very intangible and not contextualized. What I’m trying to implement here is the applica- tion of critical and literary theory to a selected literary piece, which I believe that would help student who has no cultural and historical background towards English literature cross their cultural boundary and read literature in the way that is more con- structed and formalized way. The inspirational approach is adopted from the way in which comparative literature scholars employ a variety of different theories in their studies of literature. I believe that by doing this, student would under stand the main a particular theme and topic raised by that specific literary piece in a deeper and more critical way. However, I’m not doing this in order to prove that Sontag’s claim against the interpretation of the text is wrong. But, especially for the context of my student here, her method might not work well. In this paper, a reflection of various class would be mingled and merged together to to one reflection on this reader case study project.
Drafts by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
Teaching Documents by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
Teachers College, English Education, 2018
Some specific sorts of questions might emerge during the course of your literature reading. One o... more Some specific sorts of questions might emerge during the course of your literature reading. One of them might be “What is this text trying to criticize and/or talk about the world?.”. A variety of trends and schools of thoughts have permeated throughout the history of humanities, literature, as products of thought, have been used to propose critiques on our societal platform. However, not many amateurish literary students can crack that particular critique out of the piece they are reading. The question is “Why ?”.
Here, I would like to invite you to explore the territory of humanities and literature beyond the mere studies of characterization, symbol, metaphor, and setting. The studies of critical theory would help you read your “Chick Lit”, “Sci-fi”, “Fantasy”, and other genres of literature in a different way. By engaging in the learning of cultural studies and critical theories, you might find “Legally Blonde” offensive for you, while the others may perceive it as comical. We all know that different people will experience the same event differently. It follows, then, that different people will approach the same literary text differently. One person may be offended by a character’s actions, while another finds them comic. One reader is energized by a story’s political implications, while another is awed by the same story’s philosophical bent. Literary theories emerged as ways to explain different people’s views and responses to literature. Rather than insisting that one view is the best or correct view, literary theory attempts to find value in all views that are based on a careful study of the literature.
Talks by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
In this section, I compile all of the written works I did in this class. I'm surprised by the amo... more In this section, I compile all of the written works I did in this class. I'm surprised by the amount of writing I did. The collection includes 5804 words and 10 sections. The collection doesn't include the replies I made to my classmates. However, I wrote around two replies in each discussion I participated in. Most of them were one to two pages length. When I reply to a very theoretical piece of writing, I usually write back in an academic and informative manner. On the other hand, I always write in a more personal and analytical manner when it comes to responding to poems and my reading experiences.
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encourage students’ independent modes of reading? Would there be any other teaching techniques or practices that foster students’ performative reading and finally help them become an active reader?
internalization of gender roles in Charlotte’s Web and Little Women.
The act of mothering is central to a maternal figure role in the text. The idea of motherhood and the practice of mothering are claimed to be both psychologically and biologically inherited by women. In children literature, the depiction of maternal figures is often restricted to the female character. These personas of maternity often promote maternal care and emotional
support for their children in the text. However, E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web promotes an
innovative depiction of mothering, the insertion of a male into the chain of mothering among the novel's female maternal figures. This particular characterization of a male character to perform the act of mothering raises the issue of internalized gender roles in human society. By portraying Wilbur as one of the maternal figures, White suggests that the act of mothering is not subjected to a particular gender, anticipating the exploration of gender and motherhood. By depicting the act of mothering as both a biological and psychological process, particularly in the feminine space like the domestic sphere, it is implicated that an act of mothering contributes to the
internalization of gender roles in our society. White’s portrayal of Wilbur as a maternal figure
insinuates that males can perform an act of
mothering, along with, Charlotte’s distinct integrity of both female and male traits in her mothering postulates the image “gender neutral mother.”
Thesis Chapters by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
Drafts by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
Teaching Documents by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
Here, I would like to invite you to explore the territory of humanities and literature beyond the mere studies of characterization, symbol, metaphor, and setting. The studies of critical theory would help you read your “Chick Lit”, “Sci-fi”, “Fantasy”, and other genres of literature in a different way. By engaging in the learning of cultural studies and critical theories, you might find “Legally Blonde” offensive for you, while the others may perceive it as comical. We all know that different people will experience the same event differently. It follows, then, that different people will approach the same literary text differently. One person may be offended by a character’s actions, while another finds them comic. One reader is energized by a story’s political implications, while another is awed by the same story’s philosophical bent. Literary theories emerged as ways to explain different people’s views and responses to literature. Rather than insisting that one view is the best or correct view, literary theory attempts to find value in all views that are based on a careful study of the literature.
Talks by Thagrith Wachiradetsakul
encourage students’ independent modes of reading? Would there be any other teaching techniques or practices that foster students’ performative reading and finally help them become an active reader?
internalization of gender roles in Charlotte’s Web and Little Women.
The act of mothering is central to a maternal figure role in the text. The idea of motherhood and the practice of mothering are claimed to be both psychologically and biologically inherited by women. In children literature, the depiction of maternal figures is often restricted to the female character. These personas of maternity often promote maternal care and emotional
support for their children in the text. However, E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web promotes an
innovative depiction of mothering, the insertion of a male into the chain of mothering among the novel's female maternal figures. This particular characterization of a male character to perform the act of mothering raises the issue of internalized gender roles in human society. By portraying Wilbur as one of the maternal figures, White suggests that the act of mothering is not subjected to a particular gender, anticipating the exploration of gender and motherhood. By depicting the act of mothering as both a biological and psychological process, particularly in the feminine space like the domestic sphere, it is implicated that an act of mothering contributes to the
internalization of gender roles in our society. White’s portrayal of Wilbur as a maternal figure
insinuates that males can perform an act of
mothering, along with, Charlotte’s distinct integrity of both female and male traits in her mothering postulates the image “gender neutral mother.”
Here, I would like to invite you to explore the territory of humanities and literature beyond the mere studies of characterization, symbol, metaphor, and setting. The studies of critical theory would help you read your “Chick Lit”, “Sci-fi”, “Fantasy”, and other genres of literature in a different way. By engaging in the learning of cultural studies and critical theories, you might find “Legally Blonde” offensive for you, while the others may perceive it as comical. We all know that different people will experience the same event differently. It follows, then, that different people will approach the same literary text differently. One person may be offended by a character’s actions, while another finds them comic. One reader is energized by a story’s political implications, while another is awed by the same story’s philosophical bent. Literary theories emerged as ways to explain different people’s views and responses to literature. Rather than insisting that one view is the best or correct view, literary theory attempts to find value in all views that are based on a careful study of the literature.