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: obligatory
COURSE 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
15
Credits (ECTS)
15
14
14
1.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 1
BEGINNER
(A2+)
2.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 2
UPPER BEGINNER
(B1)
3.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 3
15
14
15
14
15
14
15
14
INTERMEDIATE
(B1+)
4.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 4
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
(B2)
5.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 5
ADVANCED
(B2+)
6.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 6
UPPER ADVANCED
(C1)
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.
Level
Number of hours per week
2
Credits (ECTS)
1
2
1
1.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 1
BEGINNER
(A2+)
2.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 2
UPPER BEGINNER
(B1)
3.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 3
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
INTERMEDIATE
(B1+)
4.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 4
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
(B2)
5.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 5
ADVANCED
(B2+)
6.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 6
UPPER ADVANCED
(C1)
COURSE OF CROATIAN CULTURE (ON ENGLISH) – winter semester
STATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL
THE NAME OF COURSE
AND SUBJECT
1. The political system of the
Republic of (Croatian
Politics)
2. Introduction to Croatian
Grammar for Non-native
Speakers 1 (Standard
Croatian Language)
3. Croatian history
(History)
4. Croatian History of Arts
(History of Arts)
5. Second Language
Acquisition
(Psycholinguistics)
COURSE TEACHER
Credits (ECTS)
G. Čular (Faculty of Political
Science)
3
Z. Jelaska
3
T. Jakovina
6
M. Jurković
3
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 semester
STATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL
THE NAME OF COURSE
COURSE TEACHER
Credits (ECTS)
AND SUBJECT
1. Syntax of Standard
I. Pranjković
5
Croatian Language
(Standard Croatian language)
2. Introduction to
V. Brešić
5
Contemporary Croatian
Literature 1 (19th c.)
(Contemporary Croatian
Literature)
3. Phonology and
B. Petrović
5
Morphophonology of
Standard Croatian Language
(Standard Croatian language)
4. Croatian Literature in the
L. Plejić-Poje
5
th
th
15 and 16 c
(Older Croatian Literature)
Students choose 3 from 4 courses offered, total ECTS credits should be 15
WEEKLY TIMETABLE
LANGUAGE EXERCISES
15 hours
PHONETIC EXERCISES
2 hours
CROATIAN CULTURE ON ENGLISH
8 hours
LANGUAGE
CROATISTIC COURSES
6 hours
Note: 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: obligatory
COURSE 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
15
Credits (ECTS)
15
14
15
14
15
14
15
14
15
14
14
1.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 1
BEGINNER
(A2+)
2.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 2
UPPER-BEGINNER
(B1)
3.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 3
INTERMEDIATE
(B1+)
4.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 4
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
(B2)
5.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 5
ADVANCED
(B2+)
6.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 6
UPPER ADVANCED
(C1)
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.
Level
Number of hours per week
2
Credits (ECTS)
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 1
BEGINNER
(A2+)
2.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 2
UPPER-BEGINNER
(B1)
3.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 3
INTERMEDIATE
(B1+)
4.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 4
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
(B2)
5.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 5
ADVANCED
(B2+)
6.LANGUAGE EXERCISES 6
UPPER ADVANCED
(C1)
COURSE OF CROATIAN CULTURE (ON ENGLISH) – summer semester
STATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL
THE NAME OF COURSE
COURSE TEACHER
Credits (ECTS)
AND SUBJECT
1.Croatian Literature in
Leo Rafolt
4
European Context
(Comparative history of
Croatian literature)
2. Croatian Ethnological
T. Petrović Leš
4
Heritage (Ethnology)
3. Croatian Language and
J. Novak Milić
3
Everyday Culture
(Croatian Culture)
4. Introduction to Croatian
Z. Jelaska
3
Grammar for Non-native
Speakers 2
(Standard Croatian
Language)
5. Croatian Film
N. Gilić
4
(Film Arts)
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 semester
STATUS OF THE COURSE: OPTIONAL
THE NAME OF COURSE
COURSE TEACHER
Credits (ECTS)
AND SUBJECT
1. Morphology of Standard
B. Petrović
5
Croatian Language
(Standard Croatian
Language)
2. Introduction to
V. Brešić
5
Contemporary Croatian
Literature (20th and 21st c.)
( Contemporary Croatian
Literature)
3. Croatian Literature from
L. Plejić-Poje
5
the 17th and 18th c
(Older Croatian Literature)
A. Frančić
5
4. History of Croatian
Language
(History of Croatian
Language)
Students choose 3 from 4 courses offered, total ECTS credits should be 15
WEEKLY TIMETABLE
LANGUAGE EXERCISES
15 hours
PHONETIC EXERCISES
2 hours
CROATIAN CULTURE ON ENGLISH
8 hours
LANGUAGE
CROATISTIC COURSES
6 hours
Note: 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
Introduction to Croatian Grammar for Non-native Speakers 2
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
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: everyday culture
3. week
a) themes and vocabulary: traditions and the actuality
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: old crafts
4. week
a) themes and vocabulary: Croatian customs in the past and the present
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: Croatian cemeteries
5. week
revision and practice; examination
6. week
a) themes and vocabulary: alternative eating habits
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: production of ecological food in Croatia
7. week
a) themes and vocabulary: consumerism
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: consumer habits in Croatia
8. week
a) themes and vocabulary: stereotypes and prejudice
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: stereotypes about Croatia
9. week
a) themes and vocabulary: marketing and medicine market
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: Croats and health
10. week
revision and practice; examination
11. week
a) themes and vocabulary: tourism and needs of modern people
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: Marco Polo
12. week
a) themes and vocabulary: tolerance and diversity
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
c) cultural topics: Pavao Pavličić "Susjedov stan" (Neighbor's Apartment)
13. week
a) themes and vocabulary: sustainable development
b) grammatical units: agreement, aspect, prefixed verbs; sentences; connectors; orthography
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
b) grammatical units: complex sentences
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
b) grammatical units: complex sentences
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
b) grammatical units: complex sentences
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
revision, examination
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
revision, examination
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.
8.
Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences;
practice of phonological oppositions.
9.
Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences;
practice of phonological oppositions.
10.
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
Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language 2
Weekly class schedule:
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
5. Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences; practice
of phonological oppositions.
6. Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences; practice
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.
Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language 3
Weekly class schedule:
1. Croatian sound system – pronunciation of vowels and consonants
2. Correction of consonant* pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences;
practice of phonological oppositions.
3. Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences; practice
of phonological oppositions.
4. Correction of consonant pronunciation; listening and writing words and sentences; practice
of phonological oppositions.
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.
9. Most common stress paradigms.
10. 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
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.
Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language 4
Weekly class schedule:
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
15. Preparation for the examination; revision and practice
Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 5
Weekly class schedule:
1. Exercises in the pronunciation of sounds or sound groups which diverge from the standard
pronunciation; listening and writing
2. 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
8. 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.
9. The quality of stress.
10. The quality of stress.
11. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position, the quantity and the quality of stress; exercises in reading and
listening.
12. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position, the quantity and the quality of stress; exercises in reading and
listening.
13. Learning typical stresses that are widely used – frequent examples; prosodic tendencies of
conversational style
14. Exercises in reading, stressing and speech fluency
15. Preparation for the examination; revision and practice
Pronunciation Exercises in Croatian as a Second Language 6
Weekly class schedule:
1. Exercises in the pronunciation of sounds or sound groups which diverge from the standard
pronunciation; listening and writing
2. Voicing assimilation and assimilation of place of articulation, consonant elision
3. Exercises in listening and reading; pronunciation of phonemes and allophones.
4. Exercises in the pronunciation of sounds or sound groups which diverge from the standard
pronunciation; listening and writing
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;
7. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position, the quantity and quality of stress; exercises in reading and listening
8. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position and the quantity ynd quality of stress; exercises in reading and
listening.
9. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position and the quantityand quality of stress
10. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position and the quantityand quality of stress
11. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position, the quantity and the quality of stress; exercises in reading and
listening.
12. Most frequent stress paradigms; reading texts with correct word stressing; exercises in
recognizing the position, the quantity and the quality of stress; exercises in reading and
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
15. Preparation for the examination; revision and practice
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; prebaroque 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 socioeconomical 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 videomaterials.
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
Introduction to Croatian Grammar for Non-native Speakers 1
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
Introduction to Croatian Grammar for Non-native Speakers 2
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