Sara Kane's Blasted: A Psychoanalytic Study

Abstract

Sara Kane's (1971-1999) name is almost always associated
with “In-Yer-Face Theatre because her plays belong to this new
type of drama. The present paper attempts a Psychoanalytic
Study of Sarah Kane's play Blasted aiming at discussing the
new sensibility, 'in-yer-face theatre', presenting Sarah Kane as
a typical example and then interpreting her play
psychoanalytically by applying Sigmund Freud's theories of
psycho-analysis. The paper falls into three main parts: The first
section gives a brief theatrical background of the play; the
second is devoted to Sarah Kane's Blasted. It provides a plot
summary of the play and Section Three is a psychoanalysis of
the play applying Freud's concepts and theories of
psychoanalysis. The paper ends with a brief conclusion which
sums up the results of the study.