Eman Fathy Ibrahim Mohamed Kasem <br/><br/>
Dramatherapy in selected plays :   Edward Bonds Lear (1971), Frank McGuinnesss Carthaginians (1988) and Femi Osofisans Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels (1988) /  
 الدراما العلاجية ( الدراما ثيربي ) فى مسرحيات مختارة :   مسرحية لير (1971) لإدوارد بوند ومسرحية القرطاجيون (1988) لفرانك ماكغينيس ومسرحية اسو و الموسيقيون المتشردون (1988) لفيمي اوسوفيسان 
Eman Fathy Ibrahim Mohamed Kasem ; Supervised Amani Wagih , Heidi Mohamed Bayoumy 
 - Cairo :   Eman Fathy Ibrahim Mohamed Kasem ,   2021 
 - 173 P. ;   25cm  
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English  
<br/><br/> This thesis aims at tracing dramatherapy as a subcategory of drama in selected plays: Edward Bonds Lear (1971), Frank McGuinnesss Carthaginians (1988) and Femi Osofisans Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels (1988). In Dramatherapy, the dramatist projects to the audience what they face in their daily lives as well as their inner thoughts. In other words, the dramatherapist uses theatre as a means not an end, to stimulate ideas, to heal, and to encourage the spectators to change. The present thesis argues that though the selected plays belong to different cultures, their dramatists have employed various dramatic techniques to shift the role of their plays from entertainment into psychotherapy.Therefore, a Semiotic approach is adopted against the backdrop of Postmodernism to highlight the role of the dramatic elements in unveiling the psychological dilemma of Postmodern man 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Drama Dramatherapy  Postmodernism