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Pantipa Chuenchat

This article aims to explore contemporary Thai poets’ attitude towards The Second

World War by examining selected poetic works composed from 1944-1959. It is found that
Thai poets look at WWII from their perspectives and from those of the victims. Poets use
poetry to criticize and express their opinion and to voice their demands for the victims of
the war. Moreover, they are relatively concerned with human rights: political rights and the

right to freedom of speech, the right to protect one’s property, the right to privacy, the right
to food, healthcare and accommodation and the right to life. This modern poetry also

contains vital information emphasizing the calamity of war and the virtue of peace.

Krittaya Nanongkhai

This article aims to examine the relationship between man and nature and

problems on community rights over resources management in Watthana Boonyang’s works:
Bai Mai Ruang Nai Pa Yai (Falling Leaves in a Big Forest), Pran Khon Sud Thay (The Last
Hunter), Hom Klin Paa (The Scents of the Forest), Phrai Mued (Dark Forest), and Rang Lek
Nai Pa Luek (Steel Railway in a Deep Forest). This article applies ecocriticism and

community rights conceptions as analytical approaches. It is found that the author’s
standpoint is to explain that forest destruction is caused by state’s false policy: haphazard

forest concession for timber industry. The author argues further that the community settlers
act as forest protectors not as the destroyers; they preserve natural abundance by their folk
wisdom on resources management along with conscience and beliefs of its incomparable
virtue. The author conveys messages through hunters’ philosophy as a specialist and a

huntsman. Furthermore, the author also illustrates alluring forest settings to value
experiences with nature and the unbreakable ties between man and forest.