"หนังสือวัดเกาะ" การสืบทอดและปรับเปลี่ยนทัศนคติและค่านิยมในสังคมไทย พ.ศ. 2465-2475 / สุรพงษ์ จันทร์เกษมพงษ์ = "Wat-Koh books" : continuation and transformation of attitude and values in Thai society 1922-1932 / Surapong Jankasamepong
This thesis is a study of the historical development of the “Wat-Koh Books" during 1922-1932, as well as the attitude and value of their ‘consumers' which are reflected through their transformed contents and format. During their early days when Thai society was in transition to the modern period, the “Wat-Koh Books" featured the traditional dramatic stories of kings and their supernatural power, written in traditional klon-suad or kap verse form, with strong Buddhist moral value as found in the Traibhumi. However, when social change gained momentum, slavery and the p h ra i system were abolished, the money economy set in, and the urban town emerged, the form and content of “Wat-Koh Books" were accordingly transformed. Klon lamtad became the dominant verse form used in the “Wat-Koh Books” and their content now shifted from traditional drama of kings and princes to stories of the 'real' world based on news reports found in the newspapers. Yet, Buddhist moral value remained at large. The “Wat-Koh Books” soon lost their popularity among urban consumers who were products of modern/western education and favored modern fictions written in prose over those in verse.