Abstract
Lorenzo Da Ponte’s famous libretto of the opera Don Giovanni is billed as ‘jocular drama’, a term that denotes a mixing of serious and comic action. The first act starts with the murder of the Commendatore and the triumph of the seducer. The trickster from Seville is let loose, rejoicing in his absolute freedom to have fun, to charm women and explore the ultimate irony of life. Act Two ends with the appearance of the marble statue of the Commendatore, which grabs Don Giovanni by the hand and sinks into the earth with him. The storyline described in such a simplified way might serve as a good allegory for the Bulgarian 2009 parliamentary election campaign on the Internet.
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Rone, J. (2012). The Seducer’s Net: Internet, Politics and Seduction. In: Karatzogianni, A., Kuntsman, A. (eds) Digital Cultures and the Politics of Emotion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230391345_13
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