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Croaticum – Center for learning Croatian Language as a Second and Foreign Language

Department of Croatian Studies

The University of Zagreb

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

MODULE: CROATIAN AS A SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

University study program

This is an independent module intended for foreign students which leads to a diploma

addendum (additional certificate) will be issued.

Academic/vocational degree is earned as a part of undergraduate and graduate studies. Upon

completion of a two-semester module students will receive an additional certificate – a

diploma addendum.

The reasons for starting the module were motivated by the newly-emerged needs (increasing

international cooperation and a booming number of foreign students at the University of

Zagreb who are eager to learn Croatian language and study Croatian culture) as well as by the

tradition at Croaticum – Center for learning Croatian Language as a Second and Foreign

Language.

The users :

Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language is aimed at foreign students attending

undergraduate and graduate courses which offer exchange/mobility programs at the

University of Zagreb (for them the module is free),

as well as at lifelong education students (for them the module is not free).

Purpouse:

During the process of learning Croatian and getting to know Croatian society and culture,

students of Croaticum module will acquire important competences in their respective fields,

such as translating to and from Croatian, teaching Croatian abroad, teaching foreign

languages to native Croatian students in language centers, working in tourist agencies, foreign

companies' branch offices, diplomacy, institutions of the EU etc.

Enrolment requirements and admission procedure:

The enrollment conditions are a high-school diploma and the entrance exam which tests the

level of proficiency in Croatian language. Those students who are not proficient in Croatian

language cannon take the entrance exam.

Duration of the study programme and ECTS credits:

Module: Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language is taught throughout one academic year

(2 semesters). Upon completion of the Module, students receive an additional certificate.

Minimal number of ECTS credits necessary to complete the module is 60 ECTS credits.

Students who complete only a part of the Module (e.g. students who complete only one

semester, or students who complete only language exercises without completing the optional

courses), receive a certificate which lists the courses completed by the student, the earned

grades and the corresponding number of ECTS credits.

LANGUAGE EXERCISES IN CROATIAN AS A SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1– WINTER SEMESTER

COURSE: Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language Status of the course: obligatoryCOURSE TEACHER: Ivančica Banković-Mandić, Ph.D. , Marica Čilaš Mikulić, Ph.D.,

Milvia Gulešić Machata, Ph.D., Antonio-Toni Juričić, Ph.D., Dinka Pasini, MSc, Sanda

Lucija Udier, Ph.D.,

Level Number of hours per week Credits (ECTS)

1.LANGUAGE EXERCISES

1

1A BEGINNER

(A2+)

15 14

2.LANGUAGE EXERCISES

2

1B UPPER-BEGINNER

15 14

(B1)

3.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 3

2A INTERMEDIATE

(B1+)

15 14


2B UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

(B2)

15 14


3A ADVANCED

(B2+)

15 14


3B UPPER ADVANCED

(C1)

15 14

COURSE: Phonetic Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language Status of the course: optional

Course teacher: Ivančica Banković-Mandić, Ph.D.Associate teachers: Ana Grgić, M.A., Nikolina Sokolić, M.A.



1A BEGINNER

(A2+)

2 1


1B UPPER-BEGINNER

(B1)

2 1


2A INTERMEDIATE

(B1+)

2 1


2B UPPER-

INTERMEDIATE

(B2)

2 1


3A ADVANCED

(B2+)

2 1


3B UPPER ADVANCED

(C1)

2 1

COURSE OF CROATIAN CULTURE (ON ENGLISH) – winter semesterSTATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL

THE NAME OF COURSE AND SUBJECT

COURSE TEACHER Credits (ECTS)

1. The political system of the G. Čular (Faculty of Political 3

Republic of (Croatian Politics)

Science)

2. Introduction to Croatian Grammar for Non-native Speakers 1 (Standard Croatian Language)

Z. Jelaska 3

3. Croatian history(History)

T. Jakovina 4

4. Cratian History of Arts(History of Arts)

M. Jurković 4

5. Second Language Acquisition(Psycholinguistics)

M. Medved Krajnović 5

Students choose 4 from 5 courses offfered. Total ECTS Credits are flexible, it could be from 15 to 17.Studenti biraju 4 od 5 ponuđenih kolegija. The total number of ECTS credits is flexible and is between 15 and 17.

CROATISTICS COURSE (ON CROATIAN LANGUAGE) – winter semesterSTATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL THE NAME OF COURSE AND SUBJECT


1. Syntax of Standard Croatian Language(Standard Croatian language)

I. Pranjković 5

2. Introduction to Contemporary Croatian Literature 1 (19th c.)(Contemporary Croatian Literature)

V. Brešić 5

3. Phonology and Morphophonology of Standard Croatian Language (Standard Croatian language)

B. Petrović 5

4. Croatian Literature in the 15th and 16th c(Older Croatian Literature)

L. Plejić-Poje 5

Students choose 3 from 4 courses offered, total ECTS credits should be 15

WEEKLY TIMETABLELANGUAGE EXERCISES 15 hoursPHONETIC EXERCISES 2 hoursCROATIAN CULTURE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE

8 hours

CROATISTIC COURSES 6 hoursNote: Students may choose whether to participate in courses of Croatian culture in English or in croatistic courses, language and speech exercises are intended for all students.

LANGUAGE EXERCISES IN CROATIAN AS A SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2– SUMMER SEMESTER

COURSE: Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language Status of the course: obligatoryCOURSE TEACHER: Ivančica Banković-Mandić, Ph.D. , Marica Čilaš Mikulić, Ph.D.,

Milvia Gulešić Machata, Ph.D., Antonio-Toni Juričić, Ph.D., Dinka Pasini, MSc, Sanda

Lucija Udier, Ph.D.,



1A BEGINNER

(A2+)

15 14


1B UPPER-BEGINNER

(B1)

15 14


2A INTERMEDIATE

(B1+)

15 14


2B UPPER-

INTERMEDIATE

(B2)

15 14


3A ADVANCED

15 14

(B2+)


3B UPPER ADVANCED

(C1)

15 14

COURSE: Phonetic Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language Status of the course: optional

Course teacher: Ivančica Banković-Mandić, Ph.D.Associate teachers: Ana Grgić, M.A., Nikolina Sokolić, M.A., Ines Carović, Ph.D.



1A BEGINNER

(A2+)

2 1


1B UPPER-BEGINNER

(B1)

2 1


2A INTERMEDIATE

(B1+)

2 1


2B UPPER-

INTERMEDIATE

2 1

(B2)


3A ADVANCED

(B2+)

2 1


3B UPPER ADVANCED

(C1)

2 1

COURSE OF CROATIAN CULTURE (ON ENGLISH) – summer semesterSTATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL

THE NAME OF COURSE AND SUBJECT


1.Croatian Literature in European Context (Comparative history of Croatian literature)

Leo Rafolt 4

2. Croatian Ethnological Heritage (Ethnology)

T. Petrović Leš 4

3. Croatian Language and Everyday Culture(Croatian Culture)

J. Novak Milić 3

4. Introduction to Croatian Grammar for Non-native Speakers 2(Standard Croatian Language)

Z. Jelaska 3

5. Croatian Film (Film Arts)

N. Gilić 4

Students choose 4 from 5 courses offfered. Total ECTS Credits are flexible, it could be from 15 to 16.

CROATISTICS COURSE (ON CROATIAN LANGUAGE) – summer semesterSTATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL THE NAME OF COURSE AND SUBJECT


1. Morphology of Standard Croatian Language(Standard Croatian Language)

B. Petrović 5

2. Introduction to Contemporary Croatian Literature (20th and 21st c.) ( Contemporary Croatian Literature)

V. Brešić 5

3. Croatian Literature from the 17th and 18th c (Older Croatian Literature)

L. Plejić-Poje 5

4. History of Croatian

Language

(History of Croatian

Language)

A. Frančić 5

Students choose 3 from 4 courses offered, total ECTS credits should be 15

WEEKLY TIMETABLELANGUAGE EXERCISES 15 hoursPHONETIC EXERCISES 2 hoursCROATIAN CULTURE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE

8 hours

CROATISTIC COURSES 6 hoursNote: Students may choose whether to participate in courses of Croatian culture in English or in croatistic courses, language and speech exercises are intended for all students.

Names of the courses:

Obligatory: Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language

Optional: Pronunciation exercises in Croatian as a second and foreign language

OPTIONAL CROATISTICS COURSES ON CROATIAN LANGUAGE:

History of Croatian Language

Syntax of Standard Croatian Language

Phonology and Morphophonology of Standard Croatian Language

Morphology of Standard Croatian Language

Croatian Literature in the 15th and 16th c.

Croatian Literature from the 17th and 18th c.

Introduction to Contemporary Croatian Literature 1 (19th c.)

Introduction to Contemporary Croatian Literature (20th and 21st c.)

OPTIONAL COURSES ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

Introduction to Croatian Grammar for Non-native Speakers 1


Second Language Acquisition

Croatian Language and Everyday Culture

Croatian Ethnological Heritage

Croatian Literature in the European Context

Croatian Film in European Context

Croatian Politics

Croatian History of Art

Croatian History

COURSE CONTENTS

Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 1 (level A2+ according to CEFR)

1. week

a) themes and vocabulary: introductions, getting to know each other

b) grammatical units: sounds of Croatian (alphabet, Croatian phonetic inventory), present of

the verb biti; personal pronouns, nominative case of nouns, gender and number of nouns,

numbers 0-100; professions (introduction)

c) cultural topics: basic information about Croatia, basic information about Croaticum

2. week

a) themes and vocabulary: professions, family, animals

b) grammatical units: numbers up to a billion, present of the verb zvati se; possesive

pronouns, plural of masculine nouns (long plural forms, sibilarization, fleeting a

c) cultural topics: Famous Croats, Zagreb

3. week

a) themes and vocabulary: qualities of things, people and animals; colors; students and their

countries of origin

b) grammatical units: nominative case – possessive adjectives, descriptive adjectives (sound

changes), present tense of the verbs that end in -ati> -am

c) cultural topics: colors and flags, Zagreb streets and squares, major Croatian cities,

monuments and sculptures in Zagreb, Ivan Meštrović

4. week

a) themes and vocabulary: hotel accommodation; souvenirs, museums, antonyms of adjectives

b) grammatical units: accusative case of the direct object, present tense of the verbs that end

in -ati> -am (ending), -irati> -iram and -iti/-jeti> im

c) cultural topics: famous Croats, Croatian geographic and natural amenities; Croatian

holidays

5. week

a) themes and vocabulary: public places and institutions; prohibitions; days of the week

b) grammatical units: present of modal verbs (morati, trebati, smjeti, htjeti, moći), modal

verbs used with infinitive forms of motion verbs (ići) and accusative case: destination (u/na)

c) cultural topics: Gornji grad (the Grič cannon), the most famous Croatian inventions and

trivia

6. week

a) themes and vocabulary: summer holidays, hobbies, sports and sports equipment

b) grammatical units: modal verbs (follow-up), present tense of the verb ići, accusative case:

intention; future tense

c) cultural topics: Croatian customs and habits, typical regional products, favorite Croatian

tourist destinations

7. week

a) themes and vocabulary: shopping, food and beverages, expressing time (kada? – days of

the week, seasons, times of day)

b) grammatical units: verbs jesti i piti; accusative case: time; accusative of personal pronouns

(stressed and unstressed forms)

c) cultural topics: tourist brochures about Croatian regions; information on Croatian

gastronomy; original Croatian products / ecological food

8. week

a) themes and vocabulary: seasons; dressing habits, clothing items (clothes, shoes,

accessories); Croatian names for months

b) grammatical units: locative case: place and topic; locative case: time; present tense of verbs

that end in -ovati,-evati,-ivati >-ujem; locative case of personal pronouns

c) cultural topics: Croatian traditional costumes, fashion styles; Croatian celebrities, typical

features of various countries

9.week

a) themes and vocabulary: lodging, description of the interior and exterior, looking for an

apartment (advertisements); free time, going out, movies

b) grammatical units: locative and accusative case (revision); perfect tense (all types)

c) cultural topics: famous Croatian movies (motion pictures, documentaries, cartoons);

Varaždin, tie

10. week

a) themes and vocabulary: travelling, weather (forecast), gift giving, post office, bank, writing

postcards and greeting cards

b) grammatical units: dative case of nouns (dative roles: recipient; dative case + prepositions);

verbs slati and pisati (present tense)

c) cultural topics: Rastoke, Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Croatian emigrants

11. week

a) themes and vocabulary: means of transport; science; inventions

b) grammatical units: instrumental case of nouns (company, means, time, space, description)

c) cultural topics: Ball-point pen (Penkala), Dubrovnik

12. week

a) themes and vocabulary: orientation, giving and receiving directions, social etiquette

b) grammatical units: genitive case of nouns (genitive of space, genitive with prepositions,

genitive of descriptions, genitive with numerals)

c) cultural topics: HNK (Croatian National Theater)

13. week

a) themes and vocabulary: short discussions (for / against), Why am I learning Croatian?

(Expressing causes, reasons etc.)

b) grammatical units: partitive genitive, material genitive, possessive genitive, genitive of

cause and purpose

c) cultural topics: Croatian music

14. week

a) themes and vocabulary: contents of a fridge, closet, apartment etc.

b) grammatical units: genitive case used with verbs imati /nemati, genitive of personal

pronouns

c) cultural topics: current culture events

15. week

a) themes and vocabulary: revision and preparation for the final exam

b) grammatical units: revision and the final exam

Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 2 (level B2 according to CEFR)

1. week

a) themes and vocabulary: introductions and presentations

b) grammatical units: revision of course materials from Language Exercises in Croatian as a

Second Language 1

c) cultural topics: information on Zagreb

2. week

a) themes and vocabulary: similarities and differences between cultures, education, jobs

b) grammatical units: revision of the construction of possessive and relative adjectives,

revision of present tenses, present tense of reflexive verbs, future tense of reflexive verbs,

perfect tense of reflexive verbs

c) cultural topics: Zagreb and the region of Hrvatsko zagorje; University of Zagreb

3. week

a) themes and vocabulary: free time, travelling

b) grammatical units: accusative case of adjectives and pronouns (personal, demonstrative and

possessive, reflexive-possessive), present tense of the verbs that end in nuti>nem

c) cultural topics: regions of Gorski kotar, Kordun and Moslavina

4. week

a) themes and vocabulary: counting and calculating; health, sports, hobbies, love;

b) grammatical units: genitive case with numerals, i-declension

c) cultural topics: Figures about Croatia; love stories from the Croatian literature, Croatian

holidays

5. week

Revision, practice, examination

6. week

a) themes and vocabulary: living quality, work and leisure

b) grammatical units: locative case of adjectives and pronouns (personal, demonstrative and

possessive, reflexive-possessive )

c) cultural topics: the region of Istria

7. week

a) themes and vocabulary: volunteering, plans, wishes and abilities

b) grammatical units: verbal aspect, Conditional I, imperative, vocative case

c) cultural topics: the regions of Podravina and Međimurje

8. week

a) themes and vocabulary: transportation and various means of communication

b) grammatical units: verbal aspect, dative case of adjectives and pronouns (personal,

demonstrative and possessive, reflexive-possessive), present tense of verbs that end in -ati>-

(j)em

c) cultural topics: the region of Lika

9. week

a) themes and vocabulary: friendship, love; character and appearance

b) grammatical units: comparison of adjectives; Future II

c) cultural topics: the region of Kvarner; Labour Day

Revision, practice, second examination

10. week

a) themes and vocabulary: jobs (part-time, permanent)

b) grammatical units: instrumental case of adjectives and pronouns (personal, demonstrative

and possessive, reflexive-possessive), present tense of the verbs such as čuti

c) cultural topics: Northern and Central Dalmatia

11. week

a) themes and vocabulary: the past and memories

b) grammatical units: genitive case of adjectives and pronouns (personal, demonstrative and

possessive, reflexive-possessive) present tense of the verbs that end in -ati>-im

c) cultural topics: the regions of Slavonia and Baranja

12. week

a) themes and vocabulary: names of people and towns

b) grammatical units: neuter nouns with the extension -(e)t and -(e)n, present tense of the

verbs such as peći, jesti

c) cultural topics: Southern Dalmatia

13.week

a) themes and vocabulary: Croatian emigrants

b) grammatical units: Declension of nouns of foreign origin

c) cultural topics: famous Croats around the world

14.week

Revision, practice

15. week

revision, practice, final examination

Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 3 (level B1+ according to CEFR)

1.week

a) themes and vocabulary: living abroad (Croatian emigrants and foreign people in Croatia);

Croatian inventions and inventors; the status of women in Croatia and in the world;

expressing doubt, astonishment, surprise and regret

b) grammatical units: a revision of declensions of adjectives and pronouns; declension of

nouns such as Sidney, hobi, intervju, Tokio…

c) cultural topics: Croatian and international holidays

2. week

a) themes and vocabulary: revision, languages, learning foreign languages, Croatian as a

second language

b) grammatical units: accusative case, verbs, present tense of verbs that end in -ati>-am;

verbal aspect

c) cultural topics: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts; glagolic script, Croatian

Parliament

3.week

a) themes and vocabulary: art (literature, theater, visual arts)

b) grammatical units: genitive case; present tense of verbs that end in -ovati/-ivati/-evati>-

ujem

c)cultural topics: famous Croatian artists; Zagreb School of Animated Films; World Poetry

Day; World Theater Day

4. week

a) themes and vocabulary: modern world; life standard; addictions

b) grammatical units: dative and locative cases; present of verbs that end in -iti>-im, -jeti>-

im, -ati>-im

c) cultural topics: everyday culture; modern life in Croatia (problems, advantages and

disadvantages); holidays

5.week

Revision, practice, first examination

6.week

a) themes and vocabulary: science, technology, inventions and discoveries; famous Croatian

scientists

b) grammatical units: instrumental case; present of verbs that end in -ati>(j)em,

vati>jem

c) cultural topics: Croatian scientists in the past and the present

7. week

a) themes and vocabulary: ecology, nature, eco-days, protected species

b) grammatical units: collective nouns, present of verbs that end in -nuti>-nem

c) cultural topics: protected nature in Croatia; Green City Project; Zagreb Time Machine;

Days of Croatian Film

8. week

a) themes and vocabulary: activism and activist groups; great natural disasters

b) grammatical units: present tense of verbs that end in -ći>-d-em, đ-em; -ati>anem,

c) cultural topics: famous Croat: A. Štampar; humanitarian organizations in Croatia; 23th of

April – World Book and Copyright Day; The Earth Day

9. week

a) themes and vocabulary: sports, media, reading

b) grammatical units: pluralia tantum; present tense of the verbs that end in -ći and -sti

c) cultural topics: famous athletes from Split; Croatian newspapers and magazines; World

Press Freedom Day; Labor Day; Secrets of Grič

10.week

Revision, practice, second examination

11. week

a) themes and vocabulary: eating habits, health

b) grammatical units: intensifiers and downtoners; present of verbs that end in -sti>-dem, -

iti>-ijem; Future I and II

c) cultural topics: popular Croatian food products

12. week

a) themes and vocabulary: periods of life; generational differences; family life

b) grammatical units: declension and gradation of adjectives; sound changes: adjectives; past

and present verbal adverb

c) cultural topics: famous Croats: Ivana Brlić Mažuranić; modern Croatian family;

International Family Day; Summer festivals

13. week

a) themes and vocabulary: gender relations in the past and today

b) grammatical units: interrogative-relative pronouns; reflexive pronoun

c) cultural topics: forms of address in Croatian and other languages; old Croatian Mythology,

modern festivals

14. week

a) themes and vocabulary: laughter, humor, entertainment

b) grammatical units: Conditional and imperative; conditional sentences; subjectless

sentences; revision, practice

c) cultural topics: famous Croat: Juraj Julije Klović; caricaturists; Animafest; Cest is d’best

15. week

a) themes and vocabulary: job, career, values, abilities, interests

b) grammatical units: past participle; verbal nouns, revision, practice, final examination

c) cultural topics: famous Croat: Slava Raškaj, everyday culture

Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 4 (level B2 according to CEFR)

1. week

a) themes and vocabulary: presentations and introductions; culture, language, literacy

b) grammatical units: cases (I): meanings, morphology and syntax (nouns, adjectives,

pronouns); an outline of present tense (I), verbs in context; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: international holidays

2. week

a) themes and vocabulary: education, science, technologies

b) grammatical units: an outline of present tense (II), cases (II): meanings, morphology and

syntax (nouns, adjectives, pronouns); verbs in context, aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Croatian scientists and inventors

3. week

a) themes and vocabulary: nature and weather; current ecological issues

b) grammatical units: verbal aspect (revision and new materials); verbs in context; aspectual

pairs

c) cultural topics: protected nature and animal species in Croatia

4. week

a) themes and vocabulary: food

b) grammatical units: gradation of adjectives and adverbs; participles; an outline of adverbs;

verbs in context; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Milka Trnina

5. week

a) themes and vocabulary: standard of living; economic crisis; combating poverty

b) grammatical units: word formation – the agent, diminutives, augmentatives; verbs in

contexts; aspectual pairs; revision and practice; first examination

c) cultural topics: The Croatian Parliament

6. week

a) themes and vocabulary: health and illnesses

b) grammatical units: interrogative-relative pronouns; verbs in context; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: World Health Day

7. week

a) themes and vocabulary: literature, writers (a selection); current events

b) grammatical units: connectors, verbs in context; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Croatian Book Day, contemporary Croatian writers (a selection)

8. week

a) themes and vocabulary: human rights, people with special needs

b) grammatical units: past participle; verbal nouns, verbs in context; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Croatian paralympians

9. week

a) themes and vocabulary: consumer habits, consumer fever, International Buy Nothing Day

b) grammatical units: indefinite pronouns, verbs in context; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Croatian anniversaries in December

10. week

a) themes and vocabulary: media and communication; the role of media in modern society

b) grammatical units: revision and practice, revision and practice, 2nd examination

c) cultural topics: World Press Liberty Day, Red Cross Day

11. week

a) themes and vocabulary: friendship, relationships, love

b) grammatical units: fundamentals of syntactic congruence; aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: International Museum Day, Family Day

12. week

a) themes and vocabulary: travelling, free time, sports

b) grammatical units: numerical nouns and adjectives – congruence; verbs in context;

aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Sports Day

13. week

a) themes and vocabulary: film, music, dance

b) grammatical units: compound sentences (constituent, disjunctive, opposite, exclusive,

conclusive and explanatory clauses – special emphasis on the usage of clause types); direct

and indirect speech; word order; verbs in context, aspectual pairs

c) cultural topics: Animafest, Contemporary Dance Week, Eurosong

14. week

a) themes and vocabulary: Croatian emigrants, current situation, Croatian history (a selection)

and political system b) grammatical units: complex sentences (clauses of manner, cause,

intention, conditional clauses with negation, difference in the usage of connector da and što –

an emphasis will be put on the usage of the mentioned elements); verbs in context, aspectual

pairs

c) cultural topics: Emigrant’s Day

15. week

Revision, practice, third examination (final)

Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 5 (level B2+ according to CEFR)

1. week

a) themes and vocabulary: festivalization of heritage, Croatian festivals

b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography

c) cultural topics: current events in Croatia, NSK (National and University Library in Zagreb)

2. week

a) themes and vocabulary: etiquette – past and present guidelines


c) cultural topics: everyday culture

3. week

a) themes and vocabulary: traditions and the actuality


c) cultural topics: old crafts

4. week

a) themes and vocabulary: Croatian customs in the past and the present


c) cultural topics: Croatian cemeteries

5. week

revision and practice; examination

6. week

a) themes and vocabulary: alternative eating habits


c) cultural topics: production of ecological food in Croatia

7. week

a) themes and vocabulary: consumerism


c) cultural topics: consumer habits in Croatia

8. week

a) themes and vocabulary: stereotypes and prejudice


c) cultural topics: stereotypes about Croatia

9. week

a) themes and vocabulary: marketing and medicine market


c) cultural topics: Croats and health

10. week

revision and practice; examination

11. week

a) themes and vocabulary: tourism and needs of modern people


c) cultural topics: Marco Polo

12. week

a) themes and vocabulary: tolerance and diversity


c) cultural topics: Pavao Pavličić "Susjedov stan" (Neighbor's Apartment)

13. week

a) themes and vocabulary: sustainable development


c) cultural topics: Medvednica mountain

14. week

a) themes and vocabulary: current events

b) grammatical units: revision and practice

c) cultural topics: Croatian contemporary film

15. week

Revision, practice, third examination (final)

Language Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 6 (level C1 according to CEFR)

1. week

a) themes and vocabulary: travelers and traveling in the past and the present day

b) grammatical units: syntactic structures

c) cultural topics: traveling as a cultural phenomenon of modern society

2. week

a) themes and vocabulary: town in the past and today, town as a public and private space

b) grammatical units: compound sentences

c) cultural topics: town from an anthropological perspective

3. week

a) themes and vocabulary: war and war stories, wear as a literary topic

b) grammatical units: complex sentences

c) cultural topics: Croatian War of Independence

4. week

a) themes and vocabulary: contemporary media and the influence on society


c) cultural topics: media in Croatia, media in the world

5. week

revision, examination

6. week

a) themes and vocabulary: popular culture and its icons


c) cultural topics: popular culture in Croatia in the recent decades

7. week

a) themes and vocabulary: language and linguistics; particularities of the Croatian linguistic

situation


c) cultural topics: Croatian language in the past and today

8. week

a) themes and vocabulary: contemporary education and the changes that are affecting it

b) grammatical units: text structure

c) cultural topics: education in Croatia, education reforms

9. week

a) themes and vocabulary: everyday life and its main characteristics

b) grammatical units: the order of syntactic units

c) cultural topics: everyday life in Croatia

10. week


11. week

a) themes and vocabulary: political life and social organization

b) grammatical units: functional styles

c) cultural topics: Croatian politics – general and specific features

12. week

a) themes and vocabulary: economy and business life in Croatia

b) grammatical units: expressing manner and quantity

c) cultural topics: Croatian economy

13. week

a) themes and vocabulary: religion and contemporary society

b) grammatical units: expressing spacial facts

c) cultural topics: religion in the Republic of Croatia, the relationship between the state and

religious communities

14. week

a) themes and vocabulary: identity as a permanent quality or a shifting category

b) grammatical units: expressing time

c) cultural topics: the Croatian identity and its manifestations

15. week


Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language 1

Weekly class schedule:

1. Theoretical framework for phonetic correctness; introducing the sounds of the

Croatian language; developing phonological and graphemic awareness, listening and writing

words and sentences

2. Developing phonological and graphemic awareness; listening and writing words and

sentences; spelling

3. Croatian vocalic system; vocalic pronunciation practice; listening and writing

4. Vocalic pronunciation practice; listening and writing

5. Practice of intonation in greetings, short conversational formulae, forms of address

etc.; reading practice

6. Correction of consonant pronunciation*; listening and writing words and sentences;

practice of phonological oppositions

7. Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences;

practice of phonological oppositions.







11. Prosodic units (practicing the pronunciation of sentences with enclitics which the

students have learned as a part of lectures on various grammatical units); writing practice.

12. Prosodic units (practicing the pronunciation of sentences with proclitics, transfer of

stress on the negation element etc.); writing exercises.

13. Developing an awareness of the place of stress in words; listening exercises

14. Practicing correct and fluent speaking and pronunciation skills by means of tongue

twisters

15. Preparation for the exam; revision and practice

*Consonants or consonant groups that will be corrected are defined with reference to each

student’s native tongue



1. Pronunciation of the sounds of the Croatian language; listening and writing Croatian words

and sentences

2. Vocalic pronunciation exercises.

3. Correction of consonant pronunciation*; practice of phonological oppositions.

4. Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences; practice

of phonological oppositions


of phonological oppositions.



7. Practice of falling intonation in declarative, exclamatory and interrogative sentences with a

question word; practice of rising intonation in interrogative sentences without an autosemantic

question word; practice of logical stress in sentences

8. Enclitics.

9. Proclitics.

10. Intonations in sentences (especially those with enclitics and proclitics)

9. Exercises in recognizing the position of stress

11.Exercises in recognizing the position of stress

12. Reading, listening, writing and pronunciation practice

13. Tongue twisters.

14. Exercises in speech fluency.

15. Preparation for the examination; revision and practice

* Consonants or consonant groups that will be corrected are defined with reference to each

student’s native tongue.



1. Croatian sound system – pronunciation of vowels and consonants

2. Correction of consonant* pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences;






5. Exercises in pronunciation difference between long and short vowels – semantic minimal

pairs

6. Exercises in stress position – long and short syllables

7. 6. Exercises in stress position – long and short syllables .

8. Most common stress paradigms.



11. Reading texts with reference to the correct stress position

12. Enclitics and proclitics, intonation

13. Enclitics and proclitics, intonation.

14. Tongue twisters, exercises in speech fluency


* Consonants or consonant groups that will be corrected are defined with reference to each

student’s native tongue.



1. Croatian sound system – pronunciation of vowels and consonants.

2. Exercises in sound and sound groups pronunciation; exercises in listening and writing

3. Exercises in pronunciation of long and short reflex of jat; reading, writing and listening

4. Croatian stress system; exercises in defining the position of stress in words; listening

practice.

5. Exercises in differences in the pronunciation of long and short vowels – semantic minimal

pairs

6. Exercises in most frequent stress paradigms; listening and reading exercises

7. Exercises in most frequent stress paradigms; listening and reading exercises.

8. Pronunciation of prosodic units (proclitics and enclitics); exercises in word order in

sentences; exercises in stress transfer on negation and prepositions

9. Pronunciation of prosodic units; exercises in intonation

10. Voicing assimilation; theoretical framework; pronunciation, listening, writing and reading

practice

11. Assimilation of the place of articulation; theoretical framework; practice in pronunciation,

listening, writing and reading

12. Consonant elision; theoretical framework; exercises in pronunciation, listening, writing

and reading.

13. Practicing speech fluency; tongue twisters

14. Reading practice; practicing speech fluency


Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 5


1. Exercises in the pronunciation of sounds or sound groups which diverge from the standard

pronunciation; listening and writing



3. Practicing the pronunciation of long and short reflex of jat; reading, writing, listening;

4. Voicing assimilation and assimilation of place of articulation, consonant elision

5. Exercises in listening and reading; pronunciation of phonemes and allophones .

6. Learning suprasegmental symbols for stress and stress length; practicing the differences in

pronunciation of short and long vowels – semantic minimal pairs;

7. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in

recognizing the position and the quantity of stress; exercises in reading and listening


recognizing the position and the quantity of stress; exercises in reading and listening.

9. The quality of stress.

10. The quality of stress.


recognizing the position, the quantity and the quality of stress; exercises in reading and

listening.



listening.

13. Learning typical stresses that are widely used – frequent examples; prosodic tendencies of

conversational style

14. Exercises in reading, stressing and speech fluency


Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 6




2. Voicing assimilation and assimilation of place of articulation, consonant elision

3. Exercises in listening and reading; pronunciation of phonemes and allophones.



5. Practicing the pronunciation of long and short reflex of jat; reading, writing, listening;

6. Learning suprasegmental symbols for stress and stress length; practicing the differences in

pronunciation of short and long vowels – semantic minimal pairs;


recognizing the position, the quantity and quality of stress; exercises in reading and listening


recognizing the position and the quantity ynd quality of stress; exercises in reading and

listening.


recognizing the position and the quantityand quality of stress


recognizing the position and the quantityand quality of stress



listening.



listening.

13. Learning typical stresses that are widely used – frequent examples; prosodic tendencies of

conversational style

14. Speech styles; exercises in reading, stressing and speech fluency


Introduction to Modern Croatian Literature 1 (19th century)

Week Topic Description

1. Approach

Introduction to the course, its objectives, methods and contents. Writing an initial test which

establishes the basic level of knowledge of the fundamentals of Croatian literature , as well as

the students' expectations.

2-3. What is NHK? Croatian literature – term and structure, Croatian National

Revival – the Illyrian Movement – Illyrism – Romanticism – Modernism, relationship

between old and modern Croatian literature (SHK vs. NHK); discussion, questions and

answers

Periodization systems and genre overview; discussion, questions and answers

4-5. Poetry Epic and lyric poetry; the status of lyric poetry in literary systems from the

Illyrism to Modernism, types and poetics; discussion, questions and answers;

Main poets, their works and main characteristics; discussion, questions and

answers

6--7. Prose Narrative forms and literary periods, models and poetics, the traditions of novel

and novella, travelogues, biographies and autobiographies, memoiristics, essay; discussion,

questions and answers

Main prose authors, their works and main characteristics; discussion, questions

and answers

8-9. Drama Pre-revival and Revival drama, comedy, tragedy and popular play; discussion,

questions and answers

Main authors, their works and main characteristics; discussion, questions and

answers

10. Criticism and historiography Early literary criticism, development and forms, main

critics, conceptions and methods; early literary science, main literary historians, their works

and characteristics; discussion, questions and answers

11. Media and institutions Magazines and newspapers from the 19th century;

discussion, questions and answers; Institutions (MH – Croatian Center, JAZU/HAZU –

Yugoslav/ Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, , DHK – Croatian Writers' Association);

discussion, questions and answers

12. European Context SHK – NHK (Old Croatian Literature – Modern Croatian

Literature): cultural spheres: consequences and features; European schools, styles, trends and

directions, reception

13. Literature An overview and analysis of required literature, advice on sources,

ways and methods of using literature; discussion, questions and answers

14. Conclusion Discussion on topics and work; final examination and evaluating the

acquired knowledge

Introduction to Modern Croatian Literature 2 (20th and 21st century)

1. Introduction

Attendance, introducing the course and its contents, methods and objectives

2. Social picture of the 20th and 21st centuries

Modernist movement, the Avant-garde movement, First World War, social realism, Second

World War, Years of Lead, Croatian Spring, the fall of Communism, War of Independence

and the transition period

3-4. Poetry

Main poets, their works and main characteristics; discussion, questions and answers

5-7. Prose

Narrative forms and literary periods, models and poetics, central narrative writers, their works

and main characteristics; discussion, questions and answers

8-9. Drama

Modernist and Postmodern Drama, main characteristics, main authors and their works;

discussion, questions and answers

10-11.

Criticism and historiography, modern criticism, types and features, leading critics and their

notions; discussion, questions and answers

12. Media and Institutions

Print and electronic media, MH (Croatian Center), JAZU/HAZU (Yugoslav/Croatian

Academy of Sciences and Arts), HFD (Croatian Philological Society), DHK/HDP (Croatian

Writers' Association); discussion, questions and answers

13. European context

„Swerve towards Europe“, avant-garde movement, expressionism, Nordic drama, Neue

Sachlichkeit, social realism, New Criticism, Croatian crime novel, „jeans prose“, Beat

movement, Croatian Borgesians, women's writing, camp and trash aesthetics, Croatian

Carverians, Monty Python and flash mob, chick lit; reception of Croatian literature in the

world; discussion, questions and answers

14. Literature

An overview and analysis of literature; discussion, questions and answers

15. Conclusion and examination

Final resuming of the course; discussion on topics and work, preparations for the examination

(preliminary exam)

The History of Croatian Language

1. Periodization of standard Croatian language

2. Languages, scripts and most important monuments of Croatian Middle Ages – part I

3. Languages, scripts and most important monuments of Croatian Middle Ages – part I

4. Senj and Rijeka glagolic printing house

5. Literary Chakavian language

6. Literary Shtokavian language

7. Literary Kajkavian language

8. Hybrid Standard Language

9. The history of Croatian grammars – part I

10. The history of Croatian grammars – part II

11. The history of Croatian dictionaries – part I

12. The history of Croatian dictionaries – part II

13. Croatian Latin script – part I

14. Croatian Latin script – part II

15. Written examination

Croatian Everyday Culture and Language

1. Introductory class – information about the course, student requirements and the structure of

the course

2. Stereotypes and prejudice about Croats, as well as their stereotypes and prejudice about others

3. Customs and habits (including forms of address, greetings etc.)

4. Relation towards family, children, minorities, speakers of foreign languages etc.

5. Education and Development, school system, the structure of educational system

6. Work and working conditions

7. Free time, hobbies and travelling

8. Conditions of life and life standard

9. Holidays and observances

10. Food and drinks (culture of eating)

11. Famous and popular places and festivals

12. Music, film, exhibitions, concerts

13. Hot topics

14. Hot topics

15. An overview of course materials and preparation for the examination

Standard Croatian Language – Phonology and Morphology

1. Introduction to phonology and morphophonology

2. Basic phonological and morphophonological notions

3. Structuralist phonology

4. Generative phonology

5. Non-linear (autosegmental) and lexical phonology

6. Phonological universalities

7. Structuralist and standard generative features

8. Phonological system of standard Croatian language

9. Phonological adaptation in loanwords

10. Syllable structure of Croatian language

11. Distribution of phonemes on morpheme boundaries

12. Fusion and agglutination

13. Distribution of phonemes

14. Rules of stress distribution

15. Stress system in standard Croatian language

Standard Croatian language – Morphology

1. Introduction to morphology

2. Words. Word forms. Word classes. Categories.

3. Morphemic analysis.

4. Typology of morphemes.

5. Flection and derivation.

6. Morphological universalities.

7. Categories of verbs.

8. Types of verbs.

9. Nominal categories.

10. Croatian noun declensions.

11. Adjectives.

12. Pronouns.

13. Numerals.

14. Morphological adaptation of loanwords.

15. Morphosyntax.

Syntax of Standard Croatian Language

1. Syntax – the discipline and its scope

2. Words as syntactic units

3. Syntactic roles and meanings of verbal forms

4. Nominal forms – syntactic roles and meanings of cases

5. Syntactic roles of adjectives, pronouns and numerals

6. Dimensional and non-dimensional meanings of prepositions

7. Cohesive devices (conjunctions, subjunctors and connectors) – independent and dependent

particles – interjections

8. Phrases – grammatical relations in phrases – functional properties of phrases – meanings of

phrases – the composition of phrases – phrase structure

9. Sentence and utterances – the structure of sentences and utterances – grammatical

properties of sentences

10. Grammatical structure of sentences – verb – verbal categories – verbals and nominals

11. Grammatical structure of sentences – subject – grammatical properties of subject

12. Grammatical structure of sentences – object

13. Grammatical structure of sentences – adverbial

14. Grammatical structure of sentences – attribute (agreeing and non-agreeing)) – apposition

Croatian Literature in the 15th and 16th century

1. General issues in old Croatian literature studies: on terms such as old Croatian literature

and early Modern Age; regionalism and multilingualism of old Croatian literature;

textological-philological approach to Croatian literature of the Early Modern Age – terms

textology and philology, critical edition; institutions dedicated to the studies in old Croatian

literature, publications dedicated to publishing related works

SEMINAR: Textological-philological analysis of selected poems from Rešetar edition of

Ranjinin zbornik (an analysis of critical apparatus and orthography); Bratislav Lučin,

«Tekstološki i leksikološki prinosi Marulićevoj Juditi», in: Colloquia Maruliana, XI, 2002, p.

207–233.

2. General issues in old Croatian literature studies: poetological and comparative approach to

Croatian literature of Early Modern Age – normative and descriptive poetics; poetic vs.

poetological, classificational and periodizational terminology

SEMINAR: Dunja Fališevac, «Mjesto epike u hrvatskoj renesansnoj književnosti u

Dubrovniku», Kaliopin vrt, Split 1997, p. 77–89; Zoran Kravar, «Književnopovijesna

periodizacija. Teoretske pretpostavke i hrvatska praksa», in: Poslanje filologa. Zbornik radova

povodom 70. rođendana Mirka Tomasovića, Zagreb 2008, p. 165–172; Vladimir Biti,

«Periodizacija», Pojmovnik suvremene književne i kulturne teorije, Zagreb 2000, p. 365–376.

3. General issues in old Croatian literature studies: cultural-historical approach to Croatian

literature of Early Modern Age – thematic and ideational criticism and literary imagology;

identity and alterity as starting points in literary history research, literature as social practice

SEMINAR: Chapters on Mletians, Turks and Dubrovnicians in Komentari o mojem vremenu

by Ludovik Crijević Tuberon; Davor Dukić, Sultanova djeca, Zadar 2004. (chapter

«Tuberonovi Komentari: zlatni rudnik imagologije», p. 19–25); Marko Marulić, Molitva

suprotiva Turkom; chapters from Držić's comedies

4. Introduction to Croatian literature in the 15th and 16th centuries:: historic situation and

political systems; Dalmatia, Dalmatian communal associations and Dubrovnik; Venice and

the Kingdom of Croatian and Hungary; Ottoman kings and the reformation; ideologemes in

Croatian literature in the 15th and 16th centuries

SEMINAR: Barne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada; Dominko Zlatarić, dedication to Juraj

Zrinski; Hanibal Lucić, U pohvalu grada Dubrovnika; Tomislav Bogdan, «Grad, država,

poredak – Hanibal Lucić i Dubrovnik», Forum, 10–12 (2008), p. 1321–1339.

5. Introduction to Croatian literature in the 15th and 16th centuries: the terms rennaisance and

humanism; introduction of new topics and new literary genres; new social status of literature;

versification in the 15th and 16th century – central Croatian and Latin meters, their origins,

characteristics and metametric meaning.

SEMINAR: Marko Marulić, dedication of Judita; Lahorka Plejić, «Posveta Judite», in:

Colloquia Maruliana, VII, 1998, p. 139–144; analysis of double-rhymed dodecasyllable,

octosyllable and hexameter with examples;; Svetozar Petrović, «Stih», in: Uvod u

književnost, Zagreb 51998, p. 283–327; Ivan Slamnig, Hrvatska versifikacija, Zagreb 1981, p.

5–33.

6. Latin literature of Croatian Humanism: main poetic features; geographical framework and

international context; the most important centers, authors and genres (epic, elegy, lyrical

works, epigram)

SEMINAR: Selected poems by Jan Panonije and Karlo Pucić, excerpt from the epic by Jakov

Bunić De raptu Cerberi, selected epigrams by Marko Marulić; a selection of Latin prose of

the 16th century.; Darko Novaković, «Latinsko pjesništvo hrvatskoga humanizma», in: Mirko

Tomasović,«Judita» Marka Marulića. Darko Novaković, Latinsko pjesništvo hrvatskoga

humanizma, Zagreb 1994, p. 53–117.

7. Lyric poetry in the 15th and 16th century: Croatian love lyric and its European context; the

relation of Croatian lyric poetry with its past lyric traditions and literary folclore

SEMINAR: A selecton of lyric poetry by Džore Držić, Šišmundo Menčetić, Hanibal Lucić,

Dinko Ranjina, Dominko Zlatarić; Zoran Kravar, «Najstarija hrvatska ljubavna lirika»,

Dubrovnik, 4 (1995), p. 171–180; Tomislav Bogdan, «Pluralnost hrvatske ljubavne lirike 15. i

16. stoljeća», in: Čovjek, prostor, vrijeme. Književnoantropološke studije iz hrvatske

književnosti, Zagreb 2006, p. 57–80.

8. Lyric poetry in the 15th and 16th century: religious and dydactical lyric poetry; political

and satiyrical poetry; epistles; masques

SEMINAR: Mavro Vetranović, selected religious poem; Nikola Dimitrović, selected religious

poem and epistles written for Nikola Nalješković; Nikola Nalješković, a selected epistle;

Mikša Pelegrinović, Jejupka; Nikola Nalješković, a selected masque; Mavro Vetranović,

Pjesanca gospodi krstjanskoj (or any other political poem).

9. Narrative literature in the 16th century: Byblical epic; historical epic; predominance of epic

in Dalmatia and its practical nonexistence in Dubrovnik

SEMINAR: Marko Marulić, Judita; Barne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada; Antun Sasin,

Razboji od Turaka (seventh canto); Dunja Fališevac, «Mjesto epike u hrvatskoj renesansnoj

književnosti u Dubrovniku», Kaliopin vrt, Split 1997, p. 77–89.

10. Narrative literature in the 16th century: other epic genres (allegorical and travel epic, short

versed narrative works); narrative prose; historiography

SEMINAR: Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje; Mavro Vetranović, Piligrin

(first 400 verses); Petar Zoranić, Planine; Dunja Fališevac, «Mjesto epike u hrvatskoj

renesansnoj književnosti u Dubrovniku», Kaliopin vrt, Split 1997, p. 77–89.

11. Forms of Drama and theater in the 16th century: the creation of renaissance theater;

pastorale; mythological drama

SEMINAR: Džore Držić, Radmio i Ljubmir; Mavro Vetranović, Orfeo; Marin Držić, Tirena i

Grižula; Nikola Batušić, «Kazalište renesansnoga razdoblja», Povijest hrvatskoga kazališta,

Zagreb 1978, p. 26–90.

12. Forms of Drama and theater in the 16th century: religious drama (of known autorship);

theme of female slave

SEMINAR: Hanibal Lucić, Robinja; Mavro Vetranović, Uskrsnuće Isukrstovo; Nikola

Batušić, «Kazalište renesansnoga razdoblja», Povijest hrvatskoga kazališta, Zagreb 1978, p.

26–90.

13. Forms of Drama and theater in the 16th century: forms of comedy (farse, erudite comedy)

SEMINAR: Nikola Nalješković, Komedija šesta; Marin Držić, Dundo Maroje, Skup and

Arkulin; Nikola Batušić, «Kazalište renesansnoga razdoblja», Povijest hrvatskoga kazališta,

Zagreb 1978, p. 26–90; Leksikon Marina Držića, Zagreb 2009, entries «Farsa» and

«Komedija».

14. Evaluation

Croatian Literature in the 17th and 18th century

1. Introduction to Croatian Literature in the 17th century : terms baroque and mannerism,

their various interpretations in literary historiography and the history of term usage

Seminar: P. Pavličić, «Barok kao period starije hrvatske književnosti», in: Id, Rasprave o

hrvatskoj baroknoj književnosti, Split 1978, p. 31-67; Z. Kravar, «Književnost 17. stoljeća i

pojam barok», in: Id., Nakon godine MDC, Dubrovnik 1993, p. 7-38.

2. Introduction to Croatian Literature in the 17th century: historic circumstances and political

systems; terms Catholic Reformation and Counter-Reformation; ideologemes in Croatian

literary culture of the 17th century; versification in the 17th century

Seminar: I. Gundulić, Od veličanstva Božjijeh; I. Gundulić, dedication Pjesnima pokornim

kralja Davida; V. Menčetić, Trublja slovinska; Dukić, Davor: «Hrvatska književnost. Neke

temeljne značajke», in: Hrvatska i Europa. Kultura, znanost i umjetnost. Svezak III. Barok i

prosvjetiteljstvo (XVII–XVIII. stoljeće), Ed. I. Golub, Zagreb 2003, p. 487–499.

3. Lyric poetry in the 17th century: love lyric: baroque style in love lyric, concetto; pre-

baroque poetic traditions; religious lyric: baroque style in religious lyric

Seminar: A selection in love and religious lyric by Ivan Bunić Vučić and Frano Krsto

Frankopan; Z. Kravar, «Stil i genus hrvatske lirike 17. stoljeća», Nakon godine MDC. Studije

o književnom baroku i dodirnim temama, Dubrovnik 1993, p. 70–103; Fališevac, Dunja:

«Concetto kao pojam barokne poetike i pjesnički postupak u hrvatskoj književnosti 17.

stoljeća», Stari pisci hrvatski i njihove poetike, Zagreb 2007, p. 201–228.

4. Religious poems (cries) and parody poems

Seminar: I. Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga; Selected excerpts from Uzdah Mandalijene

pokornice by Ignjat Đurđević; Stijepo Đurđević, Derviš; Ignjat Đurđević, Suze Marunkove;

Pavličić, Pavao: «Žanrovi hrvatske barokne književnosti», Rasprave o hrvatskoj baroknoj

književnosti, Split 1979, p. 9–29.

5. Versed narrative in the 17th century: Tasso epic poetics and Croatian epic in the 17th

century; historic-chivalric (romance) epic

Seminar: I. Gundulić, Osman; (optional: Kravar, Zoran: «Svjetovi Osmana», Nakon godine

MDC. Studije o književnom baroku i dodirnim temama, Dubrovnik 1993, 104-125).

6. Versed narrative in the 17th century: followers of Gundulić; short epic works; ceremonial

epic poems; religious epics

Seminar: Jaketa Palmotić Dionorić, 1st, 10th nd 13th canto from the epic Dubrovnik

ponovljen; Junije Palmotić, 24th canto from the epic Kristijada.

7. Types of drama and theater in the 17th century: melodrama/tragicomedy/libretto drama;

foreign models and new drama forms

Seminar: I. Gundulić, Dubravka; J. Palmotić, Pavlimir.

8. Types of drama and theater in the 17th century: miracle plays of known authorship;

pastorals; Dubrovnik comedies of craft

Seminar: Comedy of craft Ljubovnici; Batušić, Nikola: «Drama i kazalište», in: Hrvatska i

Europa. Kultura, znanost i umjetnost. Svezak III. Barok i prosvjetiteljstvo (XVII–XVIII.

stoljeće), Ed. I. Golub, Zagreb 2003, p. 523–532.

9. Introduction to Croatian literature in the 18th century: poetic pluralism (the Baroque,

Rococo, Enlightenment, Classicism); literary academies; versification in the 18th century

Seminar: Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija panormitanska divica; A selection of Kanižlić’s

lyric.

10. Lyric poetry in the 18th century: late Baroque; ceremonial and comical lyric; satirical

poetry, interest in literary folklore

Seminar: A. Gleđević, Spovijeda zašto je skarestija od bumbaka; a selection of M. P.

Katančić’s lyric.

11. Croatian Latinism in the 18th century: basic poetic features; the most important centers,

genres and representatives; beginnings of literary historiography

Seminar: A selection of Croatian and Latin works by I. Đurđević; Saro Crijević, Bibliotheca

Ragusina (izbor); A selection of Latin poetry by Rajmund Kunić (epigrams); Đuro Ferić,

Periegesis orae Rhacusanae – Opis dubrovačke obale i Epigrammata de nostratibus –

Epigrami o našijencima (a selection).

12. Versed narrative in the 18th century: popular poetry written in decasyllable and the epic in

the 18th century; Kačić epic; popular Enlightenment in epic works; historical and ceremonial

epic poetry

Seminar: A selection of poems from Razgovor ugodnogi naroda slovinskoga by A. Kačić

Miošić; Selected excerpts from Relković’s Satir iliti divji čovik; Fališevac, Dunja: «Kačićeva

poetika u kontekstu poetičkih programa hrvatske književne kulture 18. stoljeća», Stari pisci

hrvatski i njihove poetike, 2., prošireno izdanje, Zagreb 2007, 247-276.

13. Types of drama and theater in the 18th century: frančezarije (adaptations and translations

of Moliere) and comedy in Dubrovnik

Seminar: Frančezarija Džono aliti Gos; Vlaho Stulli, Kate Kapuralica.

14. Types of drama and theater in the 18th century: religious drama in Slavonia; Kajkavian

drama

Seminar: T. Brezovački, Matijaš grabancijaš dijak / Diogeneš.

Croatian Ethnological Culture

1. week Croatian emigrants and Diaspora

The course will present push and pull factors of migration mobilities of Croats in the

European and World context: Croatian diaspora (old diaspora: Croats in Gradišće, Molise

Croats, Croats in Rumania, Croats in Slovakia; emigration to overseas countries /

transcontinental migrations to the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, Africa / migrations to

Western Europe) as well as internal Croatian migrations. At the Seminar a film on a Croatian

diaspora community will be shown.

2. week Croats in the context of contemporary migration mobilities

By means of a presentation of contemporary migrations from the Croatian territory and

immigration to Croatia, students will acquire knowledge of cultural processes and

deterritorialized cultures. By means of presenting the consequences of migrational mobility

and the model of immigrant integration as an important aspect of globalization, the course

intends to discuss the issue of ethnical and cultural diversity in the contemporary Croatian

society. Due to the fact that a large number of students that attend Module: Croatian as a

Second and foreign Language belong to the descendants of Croatian diasporal communities

and/or plans to continue living in Croatia, at the Seminar students will deliver presentation on

their personal migrant experiences.

3. week Traditional forms of family life

First term will present different forms of family life in Croatia and it will cover topics

belonging to the realm of traditional life in relation with family relations, gatherings and

working periods. Students will gain a detailed insight into traditional (village) way of life in

Croatia, with basic notions and terms related with family relations and ethnological research

into family and kinship. With reference to time frame, the course will be dealing with the

period from late 19th century to the second half of the 20th century. Thematically speaking, a

closer focus will be on several prominent segments: agrarian family cooperatives (zadrugas),

intergenerational relations, ritual gatherings and work cooperatives.

4. week Modern family life

This course will provide students with insights into modern family life in Croatia. Due to the

fact that ethnology and cultural anthropology study family relations as a sociocultural

category, emphasis will be put on, for example, family values, family rituals and gatherings

and hierarchal structure inside a family, as well as in relation to other social relationships

(neighborhood, friendship, non-consanguineous kinship). These notions will be dealt with

factually and critically, based on the results of a recent international scientific project about

family and social security.

5. week Croatian traditional attire

An overview of traditional attire on the territory of Croatia with reference to division accross

ethnographic zones and their specific elements. The topic will cover basic types of costumes,

cuts and decorations, as well as jewelry, footwear and headpieces. If possible, the lecture and

the Seminar will be held at the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb.

6. week Croatian traditional attire

The lecture will analyze various factors that have been influencing the aspect of costumes

with a special emphasis on varieties of clothing items that represent particular identities

(local, regional, national). At the same time, special attention will be paid to those varieties

that were designed in the time of the Renaissance, the Baroque, in the 19th and early 20th

centuries. As a part of the Seminar, students will present the application and use of traditional

Croatian communities in diaspora, on the basis of their personal experiences.

7.week Rural space, construction and housing in Croatia

The lecture brings forth an outline of traditional construction and housing in Croatia. Thereby,

special attention will be paid to the information related with basic types of settlements, living,

economic and public buildings and spaces, spaces dedicated to gatherings and socialization of

citizens, as well as the information related with types of economy and attitude towards the

environment. The lecture will cover the characteristics of this region and local buildings, ways

of their equipment and usage as well as the related (everyday) activities and events. The

mentioned data will be viewed upon through the scope of geographical, political and socio-

economical context of particular regions.

8.week Rural space, construction and housing in Croatia

The lecture will discuss the changes that have been affecting rural space in Croatia throughout

the 20th century, and which have influenced the usage and the preservation of traditional

construction, village housings and rural space in general. On the basis of various examples,

the lecture will analyze contemporary practices of usage and preservation of the mentioned

artifacts, e.g. the practice of connecting with the tourist branch or the ecological ways of

construction and life.

9. week Annual customs cycle

The emphasis will be put on the most important Croatian customs throughout the calendar

year (Christmas customs, Halloween, Easter customs, St. George’s Day customs, Pentecostal

customs, and Midsummer’s Day customs). During the Seminar, films related with the topic of

the lecture will be shown.

10. week Customs life cycle

The lecture will discuss birth customs, premarital life of young people and preparations for

marriage, wedding rituals and posthumous customs, as well as the beliefs that are related with

each segment of the mentioned customs. During the Seminar part of the lecture, films related

with the topic will be shown.

11. week Traditional medicine in Croatia

The lecture will present an overview of traditional Croatian medicine in the past and the

present, with a special emphasis on healing books as repositories of traditional ways of

healing and health preservation. By means of exotic and awkward recipes, the lecture will

discuss their modern interpretation and analyze their historic, social and cultural context.

Seminar: Materia Medicae – a definition of a particular explanatory model in relation with

health and sickness.

12. Traditional music and dance

The lecture gives an overview of traditional music and dance. The selected examples will be

exemplified by video-recordings. The students will observe and analyze the roles that

traditional music and dances can play, i.e. they will analyze the way in which they were used

in the processes of forming and portraying identity in a tourist presentation, in a political

context etc.

13. week Festivals and festivalization

The lecture gives an insight into contemporary varieties of festivals in Croatia. Through

selected examples of festivals, the lecture intends to reveal the roles which they can play in

the modern Croatian society, with an emphasis on their role in identification processes as well

as in the tourist context. Selected examples will be shown and analyzed by means of video-

materials.

14. week The creation of contemporary customary practices

Students will be informed about recent ethnological and cultural-anthropological approaches

which define the creation of tradition as a process of selection of motives from the past which

are in turn used for contemporary social needs. This process is exemplified through the

creation of contemporary ludic customary practices in Bol on the island of Brač. At the

Seminar, students will analyze familiar examples of affirmation and the creation of customs,

and they will be able to connect the mentioned examples with the customs from their

countries of origin.

15. week Non-material heritage phenomena on UNESCO representative lists

At the last lecture and seminar, students will be presented with audio- and video-materials

which will portray certain non-material heritage phenomena that have been included on

UNESCO representative list. This will ultimately serve as the basis for an evaluation of

understanding of the entire course.

Croatian Politics

1. Introduction to the course: syllabus contents, methods of work, seminar, students’

responsibilities, organization of classes, literature, office hours. Political science and political

system: system theory, the term political system, three faces of political parties

2. Transition: democratic revolutions, transition models, democracy – market – civil society,

consolidation and the scope of transition in Croatia

3. First democratic elections and the constitution of government in 1990.

4. The first Constitution of the Republic of Croatia and subsequent modifications. The types

and the significance of the constitution. Referendum on independence in 1991. Aggression

and the War of Independence. International recognition of Croatia

5. Elections: types of elections, electoral legislation, voting right and referenda, electoral

models and systems, the influence of electoral systems on political life and political parties in

Croatia.

6. Political parties: origin and development, organization and ideology, system of political

parties, dimensions and patterns of the competition of political parties in Croatia

7. Preliminary exam: 6 questions, 30 points, 30 minutes, course materials from the 1st to the

6th lecture

8. Parliament: development, structure, role and functions, the Croatian Parliament.

9. Division of power: the relation of legislative and executive power, types of government

systems, change in government system in Croatia

10. Institutions of judicial review in Croatia: Constitutional Court in Croatia, political role of

the Constitutional Court, Ombudsman

11. State and local government: the relation of central and local government, local democracy

and participation

12. Human rights and minority policy in the Republic of Croatia: freedoms and rights of

people and citizens, national and ethnic minorities

13. Croatia and the EU

14. II. exam: 10 questions, 50 points, 40 minutes, course materials from the 8th to the 13th

lecture susreta (6 questions) and the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (4 questions).

The History of Croatian Art

1. An introduction to the history of art: methods, chronology of stylistic periods

2. Croatian territories in the prehistoric period: an overview of cultures from the

Paleolithic to early Iron Age with an emphasis on key elements, such as Vučedol culture,

connections with more developed regions (Golden Fleece, Amber Road…)

3. Civilization in Antiquity on Croatian territories: Greek colonies, trade; Roman

conquests, division of territory into provinces; key monuments of the Roman culture

4. Late Antiquity, appearance of Christianity, creation of dioceses and church network

from the 4th to the 6th century; Justinian reconquest.

5. Early Middle Ages: the crisis of the 7th and 8th centuries; political and diplomatic

games with the Croatian territory, the conflict between the Carolingians and the Pope with

Byzantium, new spheres of interest; Croatian arrival

6. Early Middle Ages: Croatian principality of the 9th century

7. The period around the year 1000 and Croatian kingdom

8. Croatian Medieval heritage: church and social elites as patrons, three scripts and

epigraphic heritage, great Benedictine convents; Croatian contribution to the European art of

the early Middle Ages

9. Romanesque art: artistic works from the 12th and 13th centuries; influence of Venice

at the Adriatic region and the Hungarian Empire in Northern Croatia; regionalization of

styles, development of urbanism, great artists (Buvina, Radovan, …).

10. Gothic art: artistic works from the 13th to the 15th century, expansion of Franciscan

architecture, gothic goldsmithry; the beginning of crisis and Turkish invasions, as well as their

repercussions on the artistic production

11. The Renaissance: early Renaissance at the Adriatic region, first works created under

the Italian influence, the greatest achievements of Croatian Renaissance in the European

context, the relation between patrons and artists; big orders from foreign countries; Croatian

artists on European courts; Dubrovnik villas

12. Baroque art in continental and Southern Croatia; civil and sacral architecture; artistic

transfers from neighboring regions and Croatian artists in Europe

13. 19th century and Modern Art; great artists (Meštrović…)

14. Art in the interwar period and an outlook on the contemporary art

15. An overview of key notions and the contextualization of artistic creation on Croatian

territories throughout its history


1. Croatian language and its speakers; standard language, dialect, colloquial language

2. Sound system of Croatian language in written and spoken form

3. Prosody of Croatian: accents and intonation

4. Word classes, parts of words, flection and word formation

5. Grammatical categories: number, gender, case (roles)

6. Nouns and declension

7. Adjectives and adjectival declension

8. Verbs and conjugation

9. Pronouns and declension

10. Numerals and number words

11. Inalterable words

12. Basic rules of orthography (capitals, loanwords, semi-compound words, abbreviations)

13. Rules of interpunction

14. Sound changes in words

15. Systematization of knowledge


1. Croatian language and its speakers; sociolinguistic perspective

2. Basic phonological rules of Croatian language

3. Basic morphological rules of Croatian language

4. Sound changes on morpheme boundaries

5. Orthographic rules

6. The basic language categories in Croatian language

7. Elements of syntactic organization

8. Congruence

9. Verbal aspect

10. Definiteness and indefiniteness in Croatian language

11. The category of gender in Croatian language

12. Selected lexicological topics

13. Functional styles of standard Croatian language

14. Croatian language and its registers

15. Systematization of knowledge

Croatian Film in the European Context

1. Introduction and methodological analysis of Croatian film (cinematographical,

contextual, aesthetic analysis)

2. Croatian film in a global context (film styles through time)

3. Archaeological period of the Croatian film (up to 1941). School of Public Health,

Oktavijan Miletić

4. State cinematographies (NDH – Independent State of Croatia, FNRJ – Socialist

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) and the classical style of the 1940s and early 1950s

5. Motion-picture realisms of the classical style in the 1950s

6. Mature and late classical styles of theatrical motion pictures (Branko Bauer)

7. Zagreb School of Animated Films

8. Documentary film from the classical style to the modernist film essay (Katić,

Gluščević, Belan, Babaja, Papić)

9. Early Modernism (Branko Belan), modernist film I (New Wave aesthetic)

10. Modernist motion picture and auteur cinematography

11. Modernist motion picture III (high Modernism, Vatroslav Mimica)

12. Motion picture of ethical concern after Croatian Spring and „red wave“ of the 1970s.

13. Genre film of the 1980s, Prague School

14. Postmodernist, populist and genre film in the 1990s and 2000s

15. Croatian film as a national film? Synthesis and evaluation

Second Language Acquisition

WEEK

1 Introduction. The purpose and objectives of second language acquisition process

research

2 Theories of second language acquisition process research (part I)

3 Theories of second language acquisition process research (part II)

4 Bilingual and multilingual models of language processing

5 Learner language and interlinguistic influences

6 Revision: Exam I

7 The age factor in the process of second language acquisition

8 Individual (cognitive) factors in the process of second language acquisition

9 Individual (affective) factors in the process of second language acquisition

10 Social context. Input and interaction.

11 Revision: Exam II

12 Foreign language teaching and learning

13 Research methods in the process of second language acquisition (part I)

14 Research methods in the process of second language acquisition (part II)

15 Revision: Exam III

Croatian History

1. Introduction. What is history and what is the scope of history. How to research the past?

Little nations, little countries – important or marginal historic factors?

2. The origins of Croats, early Middle Ages.

3. The establishment of union with the Hungarians. Extension and reduction of territory in the

Middle Ages.

4. Christianity.

5. Triplex Confinium. Croatian territories between Ottoman, Mletian and Austrian circle.

6. Military border.

7. Napoleon and Illyrian regions. The Illyrians and the revolution in 1848, 19th century

8. World War I and Croats

9. New country, new center of gravity. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

10. A radicalization of the political scene in the Kingdom. The assassination and the

Agreement.

11. World War II and Croats.

12. Tito's Yugoslavia.

13. Yugoslavia in the Cold War. Croatian Spring.

14. The fall of Socialism, the breakup of Yugoslavia.

15. Croatia - from the war to the EU.

Croatian Literature in the European Context

1. Introductory remarks, the contexts of Croatian literary history

2. National, comparative and intercultural history of literature

3. Literature in the Middle Ages

4. Literature in the Renaissance

5. Literature in the Renaissance

6. Literature in the 17th century

7. Literature in the 18th century

8. Pre-Romanticism and Romanticism

9. Croatian Romanticism

10. Realistic tendencies

11. Modern Croatian Literature I.

12. Modern Croatian Literature II.

13. Postmodernism and subsequent tendencies

14. Conclusion and evaluation

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