Authors:
- Komlan Christian Akpagana: -

- Paméssou Walla: -

Abstract: »Britain is one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, a position that gives it both power and responsibility in responding to international crises.Paradoxically, Britain’s response to the Bosnian War was marked by a striking sense of indifference. Therefore, this article examines Sarah Kane’s Blasted (1995) as a radical theatrical intervention that exposes Britain’s indifference to the Bosnian War through the collapse of the domestic comfort into a state of consciousness. Through Antonin Artaud’s theory, known as theatre of cruelty coupled with semiotic critical approach, the study demonstrates how Kane assaults the audience with raw depictions of violence, rejecting euphemism in favor of visceral confrontation. With the help of Semiotic literary theory, the study explores the signs, symbols, metaphors and images permeating the disturbing scenes in Kane’s play to dismantle British detachment and implicate its audience in the violence it seeks to ignore. Moreover, this article finds that Blasted operates as both a semiotic disruption and a cruel revelation, indicting Britain’s indifference by turning its comfort zone into a War zone.« (Source: Collection Pluraxes / Monde)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 264)
	Résumé (p. 264)
	Introduction (p. 265)
	1. Background to Sarah Kane’s Blasted (p. 266)
		1.1. Exposing British Government and Media Hypocrisy (p. 268)
		1.2. Britain’s Arrogance and Indifference Reflected in the Character of Ian in Blasted (p. 270)
		1.3. The Sense of Media Complacency and Complicity in Blasted (P. 272)
	2. Blasting Britain’s Indifference in Kane’s Blasted (p. 276)
	3. From Comfort Zone to War Zone: Dehumanizing Effects of War as a Result of Britain Deliberate Indifference (p. 279)
		3.1. The Symbolism of the Urination Scene in Blasted (p. 279)
		3.2. Ian’s Rape by the Soldier as a Metaphor (p. 282)
		3.3. The Symbolism of the Soldier Gouging Ian’s Eyes in Blasted (p. 283)
	Conclusion (p. 285)
	Bibliographical References (p. 286)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of England | Literature: English literature / Sarah Kane | Literature: Plays about rape / Blasted | Sex and the law: Rape / History of rape | War: Bosnian War