태국 화인화문 시문학의 트랜스내셔널리즘과 문화적 정체성 연구

Abstract

This study aims to examine the Chinese poets of Thailand and their world of work by analyzing the Chinese poetry literature in Thailand to understand their poems’ transnationalism and cultural identity. The Thai Chinese community accounts for about 14% of the total population of Thailand and occupies a significant political and economic position. China’s One Belt, One Road foreign policy calls for a close diplomatic relationship with Thailand in recent years. In this respect, examining the world of Chinese poetry in Thailand and the development of Chinese society in Southeast Asia is necessary. This paper examines the cause of the emergence and development of Chinese poetry in Thailand and analyzes the world of significant poets and works. Above all, the contemporary Chinese revolution, the May 4th New Culture Movement, the anti-Japanese war, and the establishment of numerous newspapers and magazines all impacted the development of Thai Chinese poetry, literature, prose, and novel works. In particular, this analyzed the world of works of poets such as Zi Fan, Li Xiaoru, Ling Nanren, and Zeng Xin. They occupy a significant position in Chinese poetry. In addition, possessing knowledge about the art world of ‘XiaoShiMofang,’ an influential poetry group in Thailand that creates XiaoShi, is beneficial to fulfill this study. The study of life and culture of the diaspora in Thailand could see the phenomenon of the fusion of Chinese culture and indigenous culture with a transnational cultural identity by moving to Thailand and living far from their hometown and motherland. Their works, above all, express the feeling of longing for hometown and homeland. Hopefully, this study of Chinese poetry will help to establish a new world in the independent academic field by studying global Chinese literature (Sinophone) literature as a whole.