Khlong Phab Rueng Ramakien at Phra Chetuphon Temple : Literary Techniques for Visual Art

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the dominant literary techniques of Khlong Phab Rueng Ramakien, the verse describing of the Ramakien bas-reliefs, at Phra Chetuphon Temple. The study reveals that there are many literary techniques used in Khlong Phab Rueng Ramakien in order to describe the pictures of the bas-reliefs: presenting the details of the circumstances of the pictures concisely and systematically, characterizing the characters in the pictures to be lively by using the language of imagery as well as the language expressing emotion, and using the beautiful language by playing with the sounds in words. As a result, Khlong Phab Rueng Ramakien is suitable to convey the story in the pictures in which it enables readers to better understand the pictures, helps arousing imagination to visualize the pictures and contains literary beauty.