The Pragmatics of the Musical Text in the Contemporary Iraqi Theatrical Performance: The Play “Black orbit” as a Model

Abstract

This research contained four chapters, the first chapter of which included (the methodological framework), represented by presenting the research problem centered around the following question: Is it possible to read the pragmatics of the musical text in the contemporary Iraqi theatrical show? The importance of the research and the need for it came by highlighting one of the active elements in the formation of the aesthetic discourse according to subjective and objective criteria and references. As for the goal of the research, it was determined by identifying the negotiation of the musical text in the contemporary Iraqi theatrical performance. As for the limits of the research, it was determined temporally in 2020, and spatially in Baghdad, Iraq. The presentation was presented on the stage of the National Theater and objectively, the study of the deliberativeness in the musical text of the play (Black orbit), was presented on the stage of the National Theater, and the chapter was concluded. with a procedural definition. The second chapter (theoretical framework), included two chapters, the first of which dealt with deliberative conceptually.

The second topic was titled “The Pragmatics of the Musical Text in the Theatrical Show.” The chapter concluded with the indicators that resulted from the theoretical framework. As for the third chapter (research procedures), it included the presentation of the sample model (black orbit) and its analysis for reading and negotiating musical texts. The fourth chapter contains the results reached by the two researchers, the most important of which are: the act of circulation of the musical text across the sociocultural system and what falls under it of social and cultural heritage and a general climate is a reflection on the musical text through the contrast between the elements of the text (melody, instrument, rhythm, performance) with the elements of the surroundings The objective (the natural environment, societal culture, ideology), and this chapter also contained conclusions, recommendations, and proposals, then came the sources and references.