„Westalka” to dramat jednej z najwybitniejszych polskich powieściopisarek Elizy Orzeszkowej. Była nominowana do Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury w 1905 roku, kiedy to członkowie Ko...
„Pokociło się” i „Dam nogę” to dzieło jednej z najwybitniejszych polskich powieściopisarek Elizy Orzeszkowej. Była nominowana do Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury w 1905...
The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where the...
Dead Souls is a unique novel that has become a unique standard of ironic prose for Russian literature. The story of the ingenious businessman Chichikov, buying up the „dead souls” of se...
Autor proponuje rozważania o relacjach muzyki i świata dźwięków ze sztukami wizualnymi – malarstwem, grafiką i rzeźbą – jako opis sojuszu niemożliwego. Dzieje nierozłączności muz...
Sława zmienia człowieka. Jednych blask reflektorów wynosi aż na szczyt. Drugich sprowadza na samo dno.
Hollywood, pierwsza połowa XX wieku. Trwa właśnie okres, nazywany "złotą erą". Filmo...
The book describes the events that took place in the first half of the 17th century, when the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks defended their rights. Taras Bulba is a grown man, a Cossack colonel meets his so...
Barbara Hoff – legenda polskiej mody, twórczyni marki Hoffland. Projektowała nowoczesną i funkcjonalną odzież, która w PRL odbierana była przez społeczeństwo jako upragniony pow...
Tom zawiera teksty dotyczące postaci Zygmunta II Augusta w kulturze polskiej od jego śmierci (1572) do czasów współczesnych. Są w nich prezentowane takie zagadnienia związane z odbior...
It can be seen from the book that at that time rhetoric was used to a greater extent in the courts, and Aristotle writes a lot about judicial speeches, how to convince judges and jurors, and someti...
A woman named Lysistrata, determined to stop the senseless war, gathers women from all over Greece in the square in front of the Acropolis of Athens. She offers them „until the men make peace...
This is the comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes, the earliest of his plays that have survived to this day. Together with „Mir” and „Lysistrata” refers to the &...
An elderly wine grower Trigay, tired of the war and strife between the Greek cities, on a giant dung beetle goes to heaven to talk with Zeus. Arriving there, Trigay learns from Hermes that Zeus and...
Knighs are not just equestrians: the whole estate was called in Athens – those who had enough money to keep a war horse. These were wealthy people, had small estates outside the city, lived o...
The first part of this essay gives a general description of the term „poetics”. At first, Aristotle claims that any art is based on a mimesis, or imitation. Aristotle proves this by arg...
Aristophanes, nicknamed the „father of comedy”, wrote in a different way than the first tragedies. He was troubled by everyday problems, rarely associated with the past. Gods also rarel...
Aristophanes is revered as the „father of comedy.” He wrote over forty works, of which eleven reached us. Centuries have passed, but the comedies of Aristophanes continue to live. The p...
This is a comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes. First introduced in 408 BC e., was later redesigned and put on the scene in 388 BC. e. in a contest with four more poets. Competition re...
This bold statement by Euripides is an absurd premise on which the whole game depends. Women are outraged by the image of the female as crazy, murderous and sexually depraved, and they use the Thes...
The game begins with Praxagora leaving the house on the Athenian street before dawn. She wears a fake beard and men’s clothes, and she carries a cane and a lit lamp. A chorus of Athenian wome...