TY - JOUR AU - Suwanprasit, Nitiporn AU - Hutinta, Areeya PY - 2022/06/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Before the coffee gets cold: Time traveling to preserve the Japanese family institution JF - THE​ LIBERAL​ ARTS​ JOURNAL, MAHIDOL​ UNIVERSITY​ JA - J Liberal Arts, MU VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/lajournal/article/view/255582 SP - 91-142 AB - <p>This study aimed to examine the preservation of Japanese family institutions, by using fantastical elements as a literary technique.</p><p>The findings revealed that the four characters' problems could reflect the expectations of Japanese society regarding the preservation of family institutions. The problems include developing relationships, building a family, maintaining marital relations, and being responsible for one’s own role and duty as a member in the family. However, the author uses a time travel literary technique for helping the characters to understand the problems, find solutions, and return to fix the current problems so that the family institutions can continue to exist.</p> ER -