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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, writer presents the object of the study. The object of this study is a Thai Novel entitled The Prostitute written by K. Surangkhanang. In this
chapter, the writer also presents approach of the study, which is psychological approach, used in analyzing this novel. The last part of this chapter reveals the
method of the study.
A. Object of the Study
The Prostitute is a Thai novel written by K. Surangkhanang. This novel is called Ying Khon Chua in Thai language. It is a translated novel from the Thai
with an introduction by David Smyth. This novel is published by Oxford University Press in 1994.
K. Surangkhanang got the idea to write this novel when she was a schoolgirl. She observed people who came and left a brothel opposite her home,
behind Wat Sommanat. Wat Sommanat is a temple located at Krung Kasem. Kanha came to the idea that she would describe in a novel the tragic lives of the
women who lived there. In the beginning many publishers rejected K. Surangkhanang’s work because of its title. Based on its title, many publishers
thought this novel contained pornographic story. Moreover, it seemed weird for them realizing the writer of that work was a young woman with her respectable
and good background. ‘ Some,’ K. Surangkhanang recalled in her novel, Ying
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Khon Chua, ‘even went as far as to say, “As a woman teacher, it would be better for you to be writing cookery books or manuals on childcare rather. Why on earth
did you write that story about prostitutes?”’ p. 13 The Prostitute tells the story of a young girl named Reun, from a country
who is tricked into coming to Bangkok and then forced into prostitution. She becomes pregnant by a young aristocrat and struggles to raise the child away from
the dark world of Bangkok’s Street. It also presents a sympathetic portrait of a village girl lured into prostitution. Besides Reun, this novel also tells about
Samorn. She becomes a prostitute because she has to earn a living for her and also her husband who is in a prison. This novel was controversial enough because the
central of this novel is the prostitutes.
B. Approach of the Study
In analyzing the novel, the writer used psychological approach. The writer used this approach because it was really appropriate to be used in analyzing this
novel. Psychological approach could be used in analyzing conflicts existed in Reun and Samorn’s life. The theory of conflicts in social psychology could help
the writer in grouping conflicts into intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts. The Prostitute, which is written in 1930’s, is a portrayal of prostitution in Thailand in
the early 20
th
century. To get a clear understanding about the Thai prostitutes’ conflicts, the writer had to obtain the conflicts happened to them and analyze how
they reacted to the conflicts in their life.
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C. Method of the Study