NEGATIVITA SPOLOČENSKEJ REALITY U SARAH KANE – MOC A NÁSILIE AKO FAKTORY DEŠTRUKTÍVNOSTI V DRÁME SPUSTOŠENÍ

• Authors: Brezňan Peter

Title variants

EN

Negativity of Sarah Kane’s social reality – power and violence as a factor of destructiveness in her play Blasted

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The core of the presented study is built around the structure and effects of the phenomena of power and violence, as portrayed and contemplated by Sarah Kane in her play Blasted (1995). The author of the presented study anchored his theoretical point of departure in examining power and violence, the latter being a tool for the enforcement of the former, in an analysis by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer, who believe that power is the overriding principle of man’s relationship with his/ her outer reality. The first part of the study contemplates the structure of the phenomena of power and violence, as seen through the relationship between Ian and Cate, the play’s lead characters. Subsequently, the author focuses on their manifestation against the backdrop of a war catastrophe, which Sarah Kane allows to “barge in” the storyline. The conclusive part of the study attempts to highlight the appallingly devastating effects of power and violence, reaching their apex at a time of war.

Keywords

EN

KANE SARAH; POWER; VIOLENCE; BLASTED

• Publisher: Institute of Theatre and Arts, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenské divadlo (Slovak Theatre)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 76 - 90

Contributors

author

Brezňan Peter

• Ústav literárnej a umeleckej komunikácie, Filozofická fakulta UKF v Nitre, Štefánikova 67, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/sd-2020-0006