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独创声明本人声明所呈交的学位论文是本人在导师指导下进行的研究工作及取得的 研究成果。据我所知，除了文中特别加以标注和致谢的地方外，论文中不包含其 他人已经发表或撰写过的研究成果，也不包含为获得 （注：如没有其他需要特别声明的，本栏可空）或其他教育机构的学位或证书使用过的材 料。与我一同工作的同志对本研究所做的任何贡献均已在论文中作了明确的说明 并表示谢意。学位论文作者签名：导师签字：学 位 论 文 版 权 使 用 授 权 书本学位论文作者完全了解 学校 有关保留、使用学位论文的规定，有权保留并向国家有关部门或机构送交论文的复印件和磁盘，允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权 学校 可以将学位论文的全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索，可以采用影印、缩印或扫描等复制手段保存、汇编学位论文。（保密的学位论文在解密后适用本授权书）学位论文作者签名：导师签字： 签字日期：20年月日签字日期：20年月日ContentsAbstract I摘要 IVIntroduction1Chapter One The Second Sex in Patriarchy9Physical Abuse and Spiritual Insult9Body Being Gazed 13Chapter Two Persecutors or Victims: Masculinity in Crisis17Physical Torments and Psychological Nihilism 17Confrontation in the Relation between Man and Man 26Chapter Three Power Shift and Spiritual Redemption34Female in Resistance 34Sacrifice and Redemption 38Conclusion44Bibliography47Acknowledgements52Publication53AbstractSarah Kane (1971-1999) is the leading figure of “In-Yer-Face Theatre” wave of the British theatre in the 1990s. In the short but splendid writing span, she contributes five astonishing plays to the world. They are Blasted (1995), Phaedra’s Love (1996), Cleansed (1998), Crave (1998) and 4.48 Psychosis (1999). Characterized by economical language, fierce actions, eccentric characters and absurd plots, her first three plays not only sharply manifested the creating style of “In-Yer-Face Theatre”, but deeply shocked the British theatre which was then in a state of genteel decline.In her “In-Yer-Face Theatre” plays, Kane visually presents the images of war, violence, death, sexual abuse, drug addiction and nerve breakdown on the stage, which efficiently blurs the line between life and theatre. In this way, the audiences are forced to face and experience the horror and cruelty wrapped in the plays. However, the extreme exposure of dark social problems is not the initial concern of the playwright. On the contrary, the unstoppable quest for love, truth, hope and redemption in the brutal circumstances is the ultimate keynote of Kane?s