ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างรามายณะของวาลมีกิ และรามเกียรติ์ พระราชนิพนธ์ในรัชกาลที่ 1 / สมพร สิงห์โต = The relationship between the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Ramakian of King Rama I / Somporn Singto
This thesis is an attempt to study the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Thai Version (Ramakian) of King Rama I in detail in order to find out the relationship between the two pieces of work. The thesis is devided into 5 chapters. The first one is an introduction to the researches of King Rama VI, Sathirakoses and Nagaprateep, His Highness Prince Dhaninivat Kromamun Bidyalabh, on the Ramayana. Their researches brought the author an idea to make a research on “The Relationship Between the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Ramakian of King Rama I” in order to find out how these two versions are similar to and different from each other. The second chapter deals with the importance, sources, objective, age, forms and summary of V(al) ̅mi ̅ki ‘s Ra ̅ma ̅yana. The third chapter concerns the sources and means, objective, forms and summary of the Ramakian of King Rama I. The fourth chapter describes the relationship of the sequence, different details, episodes, names origin, roles and characteristics of the characters, the influence on Thai society and culture, the theme of the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Ramakian of King Rama I. The fifth chapter conclude the research and suggestions. The author hopefully expect that this thesis may provide the scholars in the field of literary-relationship study some worthwhile benefits.
