Globalization and Discourse Shifts in the Iraqi Theatrical Text

Abstract

Abstract

The theatrical text is one of the elements included in the structure of any theatrical performance. It constitutes the basic pillar of the work and the discourse directed to a group of people in order to convey an idea and a goal, especially since that discourse is identified with all these data through technical procedures and requirements, according to the style of the author and the one who was targeted in that discourse.

 It goes without saying that each nation has its own discourse which identifies with the environment and mimics the lived reality of that nation and forms a basis for dealing with the problems facing societies.

The methods of discourse and the manner of employing them in approaching these problems may vary from one nation or society to another. They have to be in harmony with the social and environmental mode to obtain a direct impact on the recipient without falling into the trap of globalization that can ptomote the heritage of a nation at the expense of another nation.

The globalization of the theatrical discourse and its shifts in the structure of the text as well as its identity is one of the problems facing some workers in the field of playwrights. It causes the discourse to lose its essence and become a captive of foreign ideas which, under the influence of their dazzling forms, are presented as is, instead of being invested in building a proposed system for a renewed discourse in the theater and its multiple aesthetics.

There is a need to identify the borders between the imported foreign culture and the reference points of the home culture in any given society before tackling the issue of the domination of one of them over the other. This should prompt researchers to study this problem and excavate its ins and outs. Hence it is that the present researcher hypothesized a scientific question focusing on globalization and its shifts and their impact in concealing the identity of the discourse of the Iraqi theatrical text, as well as the identity of the theatrical discourse directed at societies in general.