The Connotations of the Interpersonal Space in the Iraqi Theatrical Dialogue

Abstract

The study dealt with the interpersonal space in theatre for its vital role in establishing relationships among the characters- the players- characterized with an encrypted system which reveals the ideology in the drama through the vital embodiment of the bodily positions and voice synchronized with it. Based on this hypothesis, the researcher was interested in the study of The Semantics of the Interpersonal Space in the Dialectics of the Iraqi Theatre. However, the paper basically consisted of four main chapters: Chapter One dealt with the methodological framework right from the problem of the study which revolves around the question: What are the semantics of the interpersonal space in the dialectics of the Iraqi theatre? The significance of the paper lies in the fact that it throws light on an anthropological study as it contributed to specify the course of the relationships among the characters in theatre in a way that can very possibly constitute an advanced method in the direction of any drama. Also, the paper aims at identifying the semantics of the interpersonal space in the dialectics of the Iraqi theatre. As for the limits of the paper, Time: 2021 AD, Place: Iraq, Topic: studying the semantics of the interpersonal space in the dialectics of the Iraqi theatre along with the specification of the procedural idioms and definitions.

The second section of Chapter Two entitled Theoretical Framework dealt with the interpersonal space, concept, and theoretical rules, whereas section two dealt with the interpersonal space and the mechanisms of the its application in the world theatres in general. Chapter Three, however, is devoted to discuss the research procedures wherein the pattern of the research is stated throughout playing (The Dead Died), a play written and directed by Ali Abdul Nabi Al Zaidi. This play was purposefully and selected to be dramatized as a pattern for study analysis. The researcher adopted the descriptive method to analyze the pattern due to the existing nature of the research. Finally, the researcher summed up a list of findings , The most important of them: ((The postures of the body, and the (full) voice level between (Godo and Moulay), within the social distance (6 feet), indicated an ideological dimension that indicates the fragmentation of the spirit of resistance to the coercive authority and the referral of the ideologically compatible forces to diaspora living in a state of alienation from each other).and conclusions through the analysis of this pattern ,The most important of them: ((The personal space represents a wide field in the ideological representation of human relations at all levels: social, political, religious, and cultural, as its four spaces characterize the type of structural relations between opposite entities (higher/lower, strong/weak, mr/slave)). Along with a list of bibliography.