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«“√ “√ √“™∫— ≥±‘µ¬ ∂“π ªï ∑’Ë Ú˜ ©∫— ∫∑’Ë Û °.§.-°.¬. ÚıÙı √◊ Ë πƒ∑— ¬ — ®®æ— π∏å ÿ Abstract Metafiction in Modern Thai Short Stories Ruenruthai Sujjapun Associate Member, the Academy of Arts, the Royal Institute, Thailand The term “metafiction” refers to a fictional story which reveals the process of creativity or is self-conscious and introspective nature. Metafiction alerts the readers to acknowledge the role and nature of the fiction, i.e. it is not reflecting the real truth but conducting the meaning of the truth. Metafiction has been used in many western fictional works in postmodernism period; it has been found in some Thai short stories as well. Three examples are the “Sin Nai Nam Fon” (Treasure in the Rain) written by Unchan, a S.E.A. Write Award winning writer, the “Kala Haeng Karn Gnan” (Time of Work) written by Duenwad Pimwana and the “Hedkarn Kham Sum Lao” (Repeated Sto- ries) written by Prapda Yun. Key words : metafiction, postmodern Thai short stories ¯Ù˜ ‡Õ° “√Õâ “ßÕ‘ ß Ò. Holman CH, Harmon W. A handbook to literature. 5th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co; 1986. Ú. Õ— ≠™— π. ºŸâ ·≈‡ÀÁ π≈¡. æ√–π§√: ”π— ° æ‘ ¡æå ¿Ÿ º“; ÚıÛ˘. Û. ‡¥◊ Õπ«“¥ æ‘ ¡«π“. Àπ— ß ◊ Õ‡≈à ¡ Õß. æ√–π§√: “¡— ≠™π; ÚıÛ¯. Ù. ª√“∫¥“ À¬ÿà π. §«“¡πà “®–‡ªì π. æ√–π§√ : ”π— °æ‘ ¡æå ÿ ¥ — ª¥“Àå , ÚıÙÛ. ¡’ ºŸâ ‡ πÕ»— æ∑å ∫— ≠≠— µ‘ ¢Õß Metafiction «à “ ‡√◊Ë Õ߇∫◊È ÕßÀ≈— ߇√◊Ë Õß ºà “π𓬰√“™∫— ≥±‘ µ¬ ∂“π