The Characteristics of the Composition Techniques of Khun Chang Khun Phaen Sepha Dance Drama Texts by the Fine Arts Department: Continuity Merging with Creativity

Abstract

            This paper aims to examine the background and the composition techniques of Khun Chang Khun Phaen Sepha Dance Drama Texts composed by the Fine Arts Department as literature of the performing arts. The findings revealed that these Khun Chang Khun Phaen Sepha Dance Drama Texts composed by the Fine Arts Department have been used as the script for the Fine Arts Department’s Khun Chang Khun Phaen Sepha Dance Drama Performance or Lakhon Sepha since 1949 up to the present. In these Sepha Dance Drama Texts, three composition techniques were adopted by the Fine Arts Department. These techniques consist of content composition technique, poetry composition technique, and other composition techniques. These composition techniques utilized by the Fine Arts Department are considered as an important factor which leads to the success of the Fine Arts Department’s Khun Chang Khun Phaen Sepha Dance Drama Performance. Also, they can reflect the existing popularity of Khun Chang Khun Phaen in Thai’s present society.