Course title: Reading literature, media, culture
Instructors: Prof. Tatjana Jukić, Prof. Jelena Šesnić, Prof. Borislav Knežević, Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak, Assoc. Prof. Sven Cvek, Assoc. Prof. Tihana Klepač, Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines, Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.
ECTS-points: 3
Language: English
Duration: Semester 2
Status: Elective (generic skills module)
Instruction type: 1h lecture + 2 hrs seminars per week
Enrolment requirements: enrolment in the undergraduate studies
Content: The course consists of ten thematic units. By reading various genres and types of texts across different media, students will be able to recognize, classify, examine, interpret, and communicate insights about the media and cultural structures of the analysed texts from the Anglophone world. In addition to reading and analysing texts, students will also acquire the basics of academic writing skills.
Student obligations: The final grade is based on continuous assessment which includes the following: regular attendance (total absence should not exceed three hours) – 20%; preparation for and participation in in-class discussions – 20%; research paper in English (1000-1500 words) – 60%. All components of continuous assessment must be evaluated positively for students to pass the course.
Preparation for the weekly class: As the course is divided into thematic units, instructors will send preparatory materials for their weekly topic one week in advance, i.e., by Friday at the latest. Preparatory materials will not exceed one article/chapter and a shorter literary text (requiring a maximum of 4-5 study hours).
Selecting the topic of the research paper: Students must choose their supervisor for the research paper topic during the week of May 26-30. The topic must align with the supervisor’s areas of expertise offered for this course.
Weekly schedule
Week 1 (Feb 26) – Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines
Introduction to the course; course requirements and student obligations; academic writing guidelines
Week 2 (March 5) – Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines
Poetry 1
Week 3 (March 12) – Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines
Poetry 2
Week 4 (March 19) – Prof. Jelena Šesnić
Prose genres 1
Week 5 (March 26) – Prof. Jelena Šesnić
Prose genres 2
Week 6 (April 2) – Assoc. Prof. Tihana Klepač
Prose and drama
Week 7 (April 9) – Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.
Culture and myth
Week 8 – No classes.
Week 9 (April 23) – Assoc. Prof. dr. sc. Sven Cvek
Culture and politics
Week 10 (April 30) – Prof. Borislav Knežević
Culture, economy, technology
Week 11 (May 7) – Assoc. Prof. dr. sc. Iva Polak
Postcolonialism
Week 12 (May 14) – Prof. dr. sc. Tatjana Jukić
Literature, film, TV 1
Week 13 (May 21) – Prof. Tatjana Jukić
Literature, film, TV 2
Week 14 (May 28) – Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak
Literature, graphic novel, comics
Week 15 (June 4) – Assoc. Prof. Sven Cvek and Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.
Literature and the new media
Reading list
All materials for each thematic unit will be available in electronic format via Omega.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (9th ed) (instructor’s selection)
The Norton Anthology of American Literature (9th ed) (instructor’s selection)
Edgar, Andrew and Peter Sedgwick. Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts. 2nd ed. Routledge 2008. (instructor’s selection)
MLA Handbook. 9th ed. Modern Languages Association, 2021.
