Memory and Patriotism Sinan Antoon’s Novels are Examples

There is no doubt that the concept of memory is one of the most ambiguous and confusing sociological concepts because of the diverse references and aspects that descend from it like the psychological, sociological, philosophical, political, and innovative. Therefore, the goal of this research has been to shed light on the memory by describing it as a significant strategy to form the patriotism on one hand, and to form the narrative style of Sinan Antoons novels on the other particularly after the novelists documentation of the crises and distresses that hit Iraq, in his four novels (Ijaam, Wahdaha Shajarat Al-Rumman (The pomegranate Tree alone), Ya Maryam (O Mary), and Fahras (Index). Also, he raised issues related to the collapse of values and visions, and the deprivation that the national memory was exposed to which negatively affected the national values and principles that establish the patriotism utilizing the collective memory as a main source of narration through time which is well-knit once and fragmented so many times. However, that does not mean that Sinan Antoon never utilized individual memory. So, his way of remembering was not only between the individual and himself, but it took off from its seclusion towards the broad sociological system that the individual can interact with. The research has required to be divided into two main pivots where the first one was the introductory part that comprises the theorizing part of the memory whereas the other one has been specified for the practical part that will deal with the collective memory by describing it as an important strategy of the patriotism in Sinan Antoons novels. (The sample of the research)