Wydawnictwo Naukowe UwS, Uniwersytet Mateja Bela w Bańskiej Bystrzycy
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Abstract
The article focuses on characters of tyrants and the phenomenon of tyranny as represented in Polish fairy-tale opera librettos. Based on a philosophical and political conceptual apparatus, as well as on a cross-disciplinary approach to the phenomenon, the article seeks to answer the following questions: who and what are the tyrants? how and towards whom do they behave in this way? what are their actions dictated by? what do they result in?The article focuses on characters of tyrants and the phenomenon of tyranny as represented in Polish fairy-tale opera librettos. Based on a philosophical and political conceptual apparatus, as well as on a cross-disciplinary approach to the phenomenon, the article seeks to answer the following questions: who and what are the tyrants? how and towards whom do they behave in this way? what are their actions dictated by? what do they result in
