Abstract

The research "Alienation in Falah Shaker's Theatrical Texts, The Play In the Heights of Love as a Model" aims to study (alienation) and the forms of its presence in Falah Shaker's theatrical texts. The research includes four chapters. The first chapter - the methodological framework of the research - includes the research problem centered on the following question: What is the concept of alienation and its types in Falah Shaker's theatrical texts, and the reasons and repercussions that led to it? While the importance of the research is evident in that it clarifies the concept of alienation in Falah Shaker's theatrical texts, The Play In the Heights of Love as a model. Then the aim of the research is to identify alienation in Falah Shaker's theatrical texts, The Play In the Heights of Love as a model. Its boundaries are limited to the year (1995), the spatial boundaries are Iraq, and the objective boundaries are represented in studying the concept of alienation in Falah Shaker's theatrical texts, The Play In the Heights of Love as a model. The chapter concludes by defining the most important terms that appear in the title of the research. Chapter Two: The Theoretical Framework and Previous Studies. It includes two sections. The first deals with the concept of intellectual alienation, while the second examines alienation in global theatrical texts. The chapter concludes with indicators resulting from the theoretical framework and previous studies.
Chapter Three includes the research procedures, namely: The research community, which includes a single research sample, which serves as a model for the research. The research sample was limited to the play "In the Heights of Love" (1995) by Falah Shaker. At the end of her research, the researcher presented the results that emerged from an analysis of the research sample, including:
Chapter Four: The study concluded with several findings:

Writer Falah Shaker was able to capture the alienation of the homeland and the suffering of the people in just two characters.
Alienation produces negative reactions for the alienated character, transforming them from an alienated person into a negative one.
Alienation results from several factors, including ignorance and economic, social, or psychological deprivation.
Falah Shaker's dramatic characters are derived from reality and influenced by political and social circumstances and changes, as well as by wars.

The researcher drew some conclusions based on these aforementioned results. She then presented a set of recommendations, accompanied by some suggestions that she found complementary to the research, in Chapter Four. The researcher did not neglect to mention the list of sources she relied on in this study.