Analysis of the educational values in the play Chrysanthemum Flower directed for children

Abstract

This research was devoted to studying the of the theatrical impact performance presented in the Children's Theater in the play chrysanthemum flower on children educational values. The researchers adopted the descriptive-analytical design as a methodological framework for building the research procedures to achieve the research objective. An analysis form consisted of 15 items representing aesthetic and educational values as mentioned in the indicators of the theoretical framework. Findings showed that the play chrysanthemum flower revealed some aesthetic and educational values. Findings also revealed that the theatrical texts were characterized by simplicity, clarity, imagination, and sequence of events, in order to communicate the writer's goal to the recipient, as it appeared in the previous samples. The educational values have an influential presence in the texts of Saadoun Al-Obeidi, specifically the texts that address the child. It is recommended organizing specialized educational courses by specialists to spread cultural awareness of the mechanisms of writing a theatrical text directed to children for amateur writers.