A master's thesis at the Department of English at the College of Arts at the University of Basrah discussed (Representation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Contemporary British and American Plays 2003 Selected about the Iraq War).
The thesis, presented by researcher Zahraa Mohammed Hassan, included seven chapters (Introduction, Theoretical Framework, Literary Review, and the Journey to Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Owen Shears, Charlie F. World, Moral Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Motor Town by Simon Stevens, and Representation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Bill Keane's Nine Circles, and the Pluralistic Approach to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in The Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph, and a conclusion and suggestions).
The thesis aims to identify the results of analyzing the results of post-traumatic stress from a psychological perspective and its literary representation in British and American plays.
The thesis concluded that these plays featured characters suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and shed light on different aspects of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) in these characters.
