The Motives and Forms of Alienation in the Novels of Muhammad Hassan Alwan

(A semiotic study)

Abstract

This research included a study of the motives and forms of alienation in the novels of Muhammad Hassan Alwan: a semiotic study. It was organized into an introduction, two sections, and a conclusion. The introduction contained the topic (problem) of the study, the reasons for choosing the topic, the objectives of the study, the importance of the research, previous studies on it, and the study methodology.

As for the first section, which came under the title (Motives of Alienation and Their Semiotic Dimensions), it focused on studying the most important motivations of alienation according to Muhammad Hassan Alwan in his novels, and their dimensions in terms of semiotic analysis, in three sections: the first dealt with the loss of a beloved, the second shed light on the distance from the homeland, and the third to shed light on Light on other emitters.

As for the second section, which came under the title (Forms of Alienation and Their Semiotic Dimensions), it focused on studying the most important forms of alienation in the novels of Muhammad Hassan Alwan, and their semiotic implications, through three topics: the first on subjective alienation, the second on social alienation, and the third on spatial alienation.

As for the conclusion, it came to summarize what was detailed in the two sections, including the results of the study, through which one can judge the forms of alienation in Muhammad Hassan Alwan’s novels, such as self-alienation, social alienation, and spatial alienation, and that these forms came about under the influence of the writer’s personality and some social and family factors.