Narrative Techniques of Love Scene in Popular Thai Television Dramas

Abstract

This article is part of the research, Narrative Techniques of Love Scene in Popular Thai Television Dramas. The key finding is to study the narrative techniques of love scenes used in the Thai TV series. This article used the sample group of three Thai TV series: Sawan Biang, Kluen Chee Vit, and Paek Hong. The research founds that most love scenes in popular Thai TV series are as follows: 1) The theme of love and revenge cause the violence before a love scene occurs. 2) The storyline reveals the use of sexual assault scenarios — the most intensive revenge tool like sexual intercourse without consent — as the turning point between the male and female protagonist. 3) The characters can cause conflicting emotions in love scene. The male protagonist is full of revenge, which shows the sign of negative emotions in the love scene. Meanwhile, the female protagonist — good and gentle — cause the love scene to happen for love and care, which represents certain emotions. Moreover, this study discovered two types of interpretation of love scenarios, which are 1) the positive interpretation, such as love and care, and 2) the negative interpretation, like rage and revenge.