Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to study the narrative technique of Daen-aran Saeng thongs novel Ngao Si Khao, the relationship between the novel and the autobiographical novel and the process of self-constructing through the narrative of the novel. The research shows that Ngao Si Khao employs the multiplication of beginning and the discontinuity of time sequences in order to reflect the self during the process of constructing. The novel presents an insane and confused narration by using descriptive dialogues, comments and excursion which continuously interrupt the retrospection of the narrators past. Madmans narration technique is used in order to destroy moral standard of values and causes it difficult to understand. The narrator also looks invert to his inner self by presenting, directly and indirectly, past events through his point of view. At the same time, the narrator uses stream of consciousness and interior monologue techniques to reflect his self through past experiences. The retrospection also allows the narrator to see the past more thoroughly than before, as the seeing was linked to a stage of perception. In the meantime, his confessionary perspective causes him to perceive only darkness and failures in the past. Even though he immersed himself in his interior world, it is still necessary to refer to the outside world because moral space in the outside world is important to identify his self. In fact, this autobiographical novel does not manipulate only from the voice of I, there is also the involvement of the other voices. These voices cause the voice of I to be more meaningful and able to define the self. The retrospection caused the narrator to discover himself and accept past experiences until the narrators voice of Ngao Si Khao is quiet. Narrative technique of the novel Ngao Si Khao reflects the not-yet-finished construction process of the self and reflects the complexity, the diffuseness, the paradox and the dissonance of the self. Besides, this novel reflects the difficulty of self-constructing process through the narrative under the limitation of morals.