Patriotism between Dystopia and Utopia Sinan Antoon’s Novels are examples

The Iraqi novel was not away from the incidents that hit Iraq, but it was able to respond and correspond to the most dangerous and violent changes in the sociological Iraqi structure and how the American occupation to Iraq, before, during, and after, has led the country to what it is today. The patriotism system has never been away from all that because of the impact of those incidents on the citizen who is the major component in forming the patriotism. Therefore, this study focuses on the theme of patriotism and the status quo according to the artistic perspective in the four novels (Ijaam, Wahdaha Shajarat Al-Rumman (The pomegranate Tree alone), Ya Maryam (O Mary), and Fahras (Index) of the author and novelist Sinan Antoon concentrating on the place as to be dystopian presenting dark scenarios and delineating a bitter truth or a utopian place presenting optimistic and idealistic scenarios for the future. Thus, between the nightmare of the dystopian reality and the utopian and perfect dream, the novelist Sinan Antoon presents the place and its role in enhancing the principles and the values of patriotism on one hand or undermining the valuable system of patriotism on the other. For the reasons mentioned above, this research revolves around two pivots:-Introduction, through which he introduced us to the terms dystopia and utopia.-Citizenship between dystopia and utopia, which represents the applied side in the novels of Sinan Antoun, the research sample.