Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation

Critics belonging to cultural materialism consider that Shakespeare’s work has its own political dimension by demystifying specific forms of power. The paper deals with the way Shakespeare’s three great tragedies reveal how the authoritarian power could function through terror based on violence and...

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Main Author: Dumitrašković Tatjana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of English Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0001
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spelling doaj-2d68e972e8d24af0845331bdb5477b432021-09-05T14:00:18ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282020-12-011711710.1515/rjes-2020-0001rjes-2020-0001Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of GlobalisationDumitrašković Tatjana0University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Education, BijeljinaCritics belonging to cultural materialism consider that Shakespeare’s work has its own political dimension by demystifying specific forms of power. The paper deals with the way Shakespeare’s three great tragedies reveal how the authoritarian power could function through terror based on violence and dictatorship, and the abuse of that power in the world of globalisation.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0001authoritarianismglobalisationshakespearetotalitarianism
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Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
Romanian Journal of English Studies
authoritarianism
globalisation
shakespeare
totalitarianism
author_facet Dumitrašković Tatjana
author_sort Dumitrašković Tatjana
title Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
title_short Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
title_full Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
title_fullStr Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
title_full_unstemmed Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
title_sort shakespeare against authoritarianism and totalitarianism in the world of globalisation
publisher Sciendo
series Romanian Journal of English Studies
issn 1584-3734
2286-0428
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Critics belonging to cultural materialism consider that Shakespeare’s work has its own political dimension by demystifying specific forms of power. The paper deals with the way Shakespeare’s three great tragedies reveal how the authoritarian power could function through terror based on violence and dictatorship, and the abuse of that power in the world of globalisation.
topic authoritarianism
globalisation
shakespeare
totalitarianism
url https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0001
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