| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Introduction | 第8-20页 |
| Sarah Kane and Her Plays | 第8-11页 |
| In-Yer-Face Theatre and Ethical Literary Criticism | 第11-17页 |
| Literature Review and Thesis Arrangement | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter One Plays and Society:Reflection of the Ethical Reality | 第20-43页 |
| 1.1 Violence in Chaotic Society | 第21-28页 |
| 1.2 Coldness of Interpersonal Relationship | 第28-35页 |
| 1.3 Depression of Disillusioned Individuals | 第35-43页 |
| Chapter Two Plays and Audience:An Ethical Shock to Audience | 第43-59页 |
| 2.1 A Lasting Moral Debate | 第45-49页 |
| 2.2 An "In-Yer-Face" Shock | 第49-59页 |
| Chapter Three Plays and Author:Kane's Sense of Ethics | 第59-73页 |
| 3.1 Existential Ethics of Ambivalence and Choice | 第60-66页 |
| 3.2 Social Ethics of Truth and Love | 第66-73页 |
| Conclusion | 第73-77页 |
| Works Cited | 第77-79页 |
