EAN: 9783110301151

SUBLIME DRAMA - ELZBIETA I BARANIECKA GEBUNDEN

British drama of the 1990s is most commonly associated with the term in-yer-face theatre  which
was coined by Aleks Sierz to describe the shocking and provocative work of emerging playwrights
such as Mark Ravenhill or Sarah Kane. Taking a cue from Sierz¿s own suggestion that what still
remains to be researched more thoroughly in this field is the particular relationship between
the stage and the audience  this monograph undertakes precisely that task. Rather than use the
term offered by Sierz  however  the study proposes a different concept to account for the
dynamics of communication within the particular theatre of the 1990s  namely the aesthetic
category of the sublime. Coupled with elements of Reader Response Theory  the sublime proves to
be a more fruitful term  as it provides more precise tools for the analysis of the audience¿s
aesthetic response than does in-yer-face theatre. With the help of four representative plays by
four key playwrights of that time  Closer by Patrick Marber  Normal by Anthony Neilson  Faust
is Dead by Mark Ravenhill and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane  the book details the consecutive
stages in the process of the plays¿ reception that the members of the audience go through while
forming their aesthetic response to them. Looking through the prism of the sublime  the study
not only offers a detailed analysis of each play but also suggests an entirely new approach to
British drama of the 1990s.

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