สถานภาพการวิจัยวรรณกรรมท้องถิ่นภาคอีสานในรอบสองทศวรรษ (พ.ศ.2540-2560)

The status of the Northeastern Regional Literature Researches in 2 decades (1997-2017)

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This article derived from the documentary research aiming at synthesizing the Northeastern regional literature researches in 2 decades (1997-2017). The data was taken from postgraduate research abstracts and published research papers using descriptive analysis during 1997-2017. The findings revealed that 147 Northeastern regional literature written works were studied by 22 educational institutions, with Mahasarakham University Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University and Rajabhat Mahasarakham University having them the most respectively. The field of Thai made use of such data the most. Nevertheless, other fields focusing on human and social development employed the data. These were Sangha Management, Development of Education, Research and Local Development, Language and Culture for Communication and Development and Thai Studies for Development, and Integrated Tourism Management.The finding showed that doctoral students at Mahasarakham University largely applied the Northeastern regional literature data and used postmodernism conceptions for data analysis. It was found that types of data having the most were the group of tales and religions. With reference to research issues under study, these were folklores, comparative studies, studies on Buddhist philosophy, virtue, and merit, studies on wisdom and culture, studies on components of literature, studies on language and its application to teaching and society, studies on aesthetics, studies on characters in literature, social studies, studies using postmodernism conceptions, and studies examining people’s attitudes towards the society. The most popular research issue was studies on components of literature. Furthermore, the findings showed that the researchers applied various types of research methodology, including documentary research, qualitative research, and multidisciplinary analysis. It was also found that postmodernism conceptions were more used than in the past.

Keywords: Status of Researches, Northeastern Regional Literature, Thailand