Abstract
This dissertation is divided into two parts. The first part is an extract from a fantasy novel for young adults called The Song Sung towards the Sky, which comprises approximately three-quarters of the novel. The novel features interwoven first-person narratives of four adolescent protagonists who embark on their personal quests for the Sky Kingdom of Akasha, which is populated by winged beings based on the Thai-Hindu mythological race Kinnaras. The second part is a critical piece analysing the effects of postcolonialism, globalisation and cosmopolitanism on the identity of the author as a Thai YA fantasy writer who has been exposed to cosmopolitan concepts through consumption of globalised European-inspired fantasy media and potscolonial education in English literature.The critical piece responds to the questions of what institute an authorial identity in the aforementioned creative work for the Chinese-Thai writer, who has experience in writing YA novels employing Westernised fantasy elements for the Thai readership. It explores the development of YA fantasy novels in Thailand as part of a postcolonial, globalised and cosmopolitan world and how these theoretical concepts are manifested in the protagonists of A Song Sung towards the Sky as a cosmopolitan YA fantasy novel.
| Date of Award | 9 Dec 2025 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Sponsors | Mahidol University |
| Supervisor | Mimi Thebo (Supervisor) & Samantha Matthews (Supervisor) |
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