The impact of European or west literature on the development of Arabic drama

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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the impact of European or West literature on the development of Arabic dramas in the twentieth century.

Arabic drama like other has been influenced by Western culture.

Therefore it is important to focus on how the term drama comes into being as a modern aspect during the second half of twentieth century.

This paper also will reveal the development of Arabic drama by benefi�ng from the tenets of the European theatre.

The term “drama” has a�racted many writers during the twentieth century to depict the reality in the dramatic way.

Arab drama or theatre like other fields of Arab modern life has been influenced by Western or European culture.

It is a fact that Arlike many different nations have taken the dramatic experience from the Western culture.

It is also undeniable that they have a�empted to imitate the West style but they decided to adopt any part of characteristics from the Western literature and invented the rest themselves.

Arab dramatists have believed that the Arabic culture has its exclusion components.

They have produced and performed many great masterpieces and they have enhanced the Arabic literature with special plays in the world drama