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<p>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.</p>
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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.

Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Critics belonging to cultural materialism consider that Shakespeare’s work has its own political dimension by demystifying specific forms of power. The paper...

Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0001

Keywords
authoritarianism, globalisation, Shakespeare, totalitarianism

© 2020 Tatjana Dumitrašković, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0001

Keywordsauthoritarianism, globalisation, Shakespeare, totalitarianism

© 2020 Tatjana Dumitrašković, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
authoritarianism, globalisation, Shakespeare, totalitarianism