Language Strategy Reflecting the Viewpoints of Love Existing in Romantic Novels Authored by National Artists

Abstract

The research article aimed at studying the language strategy reflecting the viewpoints of love in romance novels written by national artists who were women between the years A.D. 1957 and A.D. 2014. The study applied a qualitative research method. A sample group consisted of 49 novels written by Thai authors who have been awarded National Artist for Literature, a total of ten people. The Snowball Technique was used to select both national artists and novels for a sample group. The academic materials, including books and related research works, were investigated using the conceptual framework in relation to language devices, and the findings were collected and compiled before being developed as the research criteria. The obtained data were analyzed by way of descriptive analysis. From the study, it was discovered that there were 5 main language devices used for conveying love stories in romance novels written by female national artists between the years A.D. 1957 and A.D. 2014 which were: the use of words, the use of sentences to express intention, the use of idiom, the use of figure of speech, and the use of eloquence. Thus, language devices were important things that the authors used as a tool to express their thoughts and reflect different viewpoints of love that the authors wanted to convey to the readers in order for the readers to adopt as their way of life, such as loving wisely and understandably, as well as being aware of each type of love that can occur.