The Aesthetics of Life through Language and the Creative Perpetuation of Literature amidst the COVID-19 Crisis

Abstract

This article aims to study the roles of language and literature driven by creativity, and the creative perpetuation through which the authors transmit and express thoughts and emotions in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. The data included the language and literature concerned with COVID-19 in the online community from February to May 2020. It is found that language and literature were the tools in transmitting “messages” containing emotionally-moving words and contents, providing the mental strength to the audience, telling stories and thoughts, inducing desirable attitudes and health behaviors, as well as serving as a memoir of the shared experience of mankind during the COVID-19 crisis. Literary techniques are still of great use for Thai society in promoting coexistence with understanding and collaboration, as aesthetics in life in crisis time.