Analysis of Identity in creating short stories of Students Majoring in Thai Faculty of Education, Maha Sarakham Rajabhat University

Abstract

This classroom research on “ An analysis of identity of creative short stories written by the second year students majoring in Thai language in semester 1 of the academic year 2022, Thai Language Division, Faculty of Education, Rajjabhat Mahasarakham University” aimed to 1) Analysis of identity of creative short stories written by the second year students majoring in Thai language in semester 1 of the academic year 2022, Thai Language Division, Faculty of Education, Rajjabhat Mahasarakham University and 2) to bring the results of the analysis for improvement and development of design of learning activities in the course of Creative Thinking and Writing Creation (1010201). The sample of the study consisted of 53 stories written by the 53 second year students, Faculty of Education, Rajjabhat Mahasarakham University, who studied in the course of Creative Thinking and Writing Creation in the semester 1 of the academic year 2022, Tool used to store data Instrument is Information identity of creative short stories 9 type namely “Inspiration” “Naming the stories” “Essence” “Outline” “Character” “Setting” “Presentation techniques” “Running the story” and “Needs of effect” ; Statistics for research is Frequency breakdown Then bring it to find the value percentage.

            The results of the study revealed as follows;

1. According to the analysis of identity of short story creation, the results of the study of the 53 short stories showed that creation of inspiration was from the observation of life contexts the most from 18 short stories and from the conversation the least from 3 stories. Naming the stories was from naming important events the most from 18 stories and naming the stories from well-verses and songs the least from 3 stories. Regarding the creation of essence, it was found that the creation which displayed the images was the most from 29 stories and the creation of essence of behaviors was the least from 4 stories. Regarding the creation of outline, it was found that the students created the stories in terms of self-conflict the most from 25 stories and it was found that there was no story which involved political conflict. In terms of the creation of characters, it was found that setting the characters in a good way was found the most from 30 stories and setting the characters in a bad way was found the least from 4 stories. Upon the creation of setting and atmosphere, it was found that the students used the original contexts of life the most for 28 stories and using the natural setting was the least for 2 stories. Regarding the creation of presentation techniques, it was found that the students narrated the stories through the main characters the most for 26 stories and narrated the stories through the sub-characters the least for 1 story. Regarding the strategy of running the story, it was found that the students narrated the stories in terms of present-past-present modes the most from 23 stories and narrated the stories using the past presentation technique the least for 2 stories and for the needs of effects, it was found that the students focused on personal effects the most for 33 stories and there was no creation of the stories which affected the politics.

2.Regarding the analysis of the results of the study for teaching and learning development, from the results of the study of the 53 stories, it was interestingly noticed that the students tended to bring the stories of people they know or those who are most related to their life as the information for writing their stories. That is to say, they did not tend to create their inspiration from meeting and talking with other people as the information for their writing. This indicates the personal life in the present. They tended to use important events to synthesize the names of the stories and created the essence of the stories through characters who are well-behaved. They used the basic presentation techniques which are generally used through the narration of main characters. That is to say, they narrated the stories starting from the present, the past and then the present which imitated the examples of the stories taught by the author in the classroom. And it is observed that the students did not use politics in their stories and this might be from their discourage, disinterestedness and boredom. These results showed that the teacher of the course should focus on creating inspiration in writing for students. It is suggested that the study of dept information and enhancing experience from reading more short stories help equip students to be a thoughtful person and support them to be interested in stories which involve societies and politics as more information for writing a story.

The results of this study also indicate that in overall, the students understood the concept of writing a short story and gained some skills from learning about writing a short story at the satisfactory level.