Negativita spoločenskej reality u Sarah Kane – moc a násilie ako faktory deštruktívnosti v dráme Spustošení
THE NEGATIVITY OF SARAH KANE’S SOCIAL REALITY – POWER AND VIOLENCE AS FACTORS OF DESTRUCTIVENESS IN HER PLAY BLASTED

Summary/Abstract: 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.

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