Sarah Kane's Post-Christian Spirituality in Cleansed

<p>The existing scholarship on the work of British playwright Sarah Kane mostly focuses on exploring the use of extreme acts of violence in her plays. However, few scholars like Dr. Graham Saunders and Anabelle Singer can trace it back to the rejection of her Christian beliefs during her adolescence. This thesis explores how Kane used violence and images of impalement, dismemberment, and cross-dressing in her third play, <em>Cleansed </em>as a vehicle to examine and validate her notions of gender and sexuality as well as her developing post-Christian spirituality. Through the critical textual analysis of <em>Cleansed </em>in conjunction with scholarly literature regarding her work, I explore Kane’s life and spiritual background and tie them to the biblical allusions in the play and Kane’s adaptation thereof.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theatre Studies

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Sanchez, Elba

Contributors dc:contributor

• Emily Rollie
• Christina Barrigan
• Lily Vuong

• Theatre
• Theatre Studies
• Sarah Kane
• Cleansed
• Religious Studies
• Christianity
• God
• Atheism
• Arts and Humanities
• Performance Studies
• Playwriting
• Theatre and Performance Studies
• Theatre History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1347

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2371