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Abstract

The essay “Language and the grasp of Thai identity in southern Thai contemporary literature” studies six southern Thai literary works, i.e. This essay analyzes six southern Thai literary works; “Hoi Ha Ying Laew Ceevit Chan” by Komsan Poongsutham, “Bongla” by Panom Nantapruek, “Look Chai Khon Chawa” by Paitoon Tanya, “Kham Kuen Kong Prung Nee” by Pramuan Maneeroj and “Tad Lin Nang Talung” and “Prink Phra Apai” by Pinyo Srichamlong, and analyze specifically the language and show the southern Thai authors and citizens are culturally oppressed. The southern Thai literature reveals that through modern education, development in the rural areas and straight forward campaigns by distorting local media such as talung performance. This oppression labels local dialect as “other identity” as opposed to “Thai identity”. The revelation through the southern Thai literature establishes the strength of local intellects’ retort literature, and their attempt to preserve the local lingual heritage and to assure that very community has its own identity.