{"id":47195,"date":"2025-02-17T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=47195"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:04:45","slug":"reading-literature-media-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=47195&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Reading literature, media, culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title: Reading literature, media, culture<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Instructors: <\/strong>Prof. Tatjana Juki\u0107, Prof. Jelena \u0160esni\u0107, Prof. Borislav Kne\u017eevi\u0107, Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak, Assoc. Prof. Sven Cvek, Assoc. Prof. Tihana Klepa\u010d, Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines, Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.<\/span>
\nECTS-points: <\/strong>3<\/span>
\nLanguage: <\/strong>English<\/span>
\nDuration: <\/strong>Semester 2<\/span>
\nStatus: <\/strong>Elective (generic skills module)<\/span>
\nInstruction type: <\/strong>1h lecture + 2 hrs seminars per week<\/span>
\nEnrolment requirements: <\/strong>enrolment in the undergraduate studies
\n<\/span>Content:<\/strong> 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.
\n<\/span>Student obligations: <\/strong>The final grade is based on continuous assessment which includes the following: regular attendance (total absence should not exceed three hours) \u2013 20%; preparation for and participation in in-class discussions \u2013 20%; research paper in English (1000-1500 words) \u2013 60%. All components of continuous assessment must be evaluated positively for students to pass the course.  
\n<\/span>Preparation for the weekly class:<\/strong> 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).<\/span>
\nSelecting the topic of the research paper: <\/strong>Students must choose their supervisor for the research paper topic in the last week of May. The topic must align with the supervisor\u2019s areas of expertise offered for this course.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weekly schedule
\n<\/strong><\/span>Week 1 (Feb 25) \u2013 Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.
\n<\/strong><\/span>Introduction to the course; course requirements and student obligations; academic writing guidelines
\n<\/span>Week 2 (March 4) \u2013 <\/strong>Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines
\n<\/strong><\/span>Poetry 1
\n<\/span>Week 3 (March 11) \u2013 Assoc. Prof. Martina Domines
\n<\/strong><\/span>Poetry 2
\n<\/span>Week 4 (March 18) \u2013 Prof. Jelena \u0160esni\u0107
\n<\/strong><\/span>Prose genres 1
\n<\/span>Week 5 (March 25) \u2013 Prof. Jelena \u0160esni\u0107
\n<\/strong><\/span>Prose genres 2
\n<\/span>Week 6 (April 1) \u2013 Assoc. Prof. Tihana Klepa\u010d
\n<\/strong><\/span>Prose and drama
\n<\/span>Week 7 \u2013 No classes. <\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Week 8 (April  15) \u2013 Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.
\n<\/strong>Culture and myth
\n<\/strong><\/span>Week 9 (April 22) \u2013 Assoc. Prof. Sven Cvek
\n<\/strong><\/span>Culture and politics
\n<\/span>Week 10 (April 29) \u2013 Prof. Borislav Kne\u017eevi\u0107
\n<\/strong><\/span>Culture, economy, technology
\n<\/span>Week 11 (May 6) \u2013 Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak
\n<\/strong><\/span>Postcolonialism
\n<\/span>Week 12 (May 13) \u2013 Prof. Tatjana Juki\u0107
\n<\/strong><\/span>Literature, film, TV 1
\n<\/span>Week 13 (May 20) \u2013 Prof. Tatjana Juki\u0107
\n<\/strong><\/span>Literature, film, TV 2
\n<\/span>Week 14 (May 27) \u2013 <\/strong><\/span>Assoc. Prof. Sven Cvek and Hrvoje Tutek, PhD, senior assist.
\n<\/strong>Literature and the new media
\n<\/span>Week 15 (June 3) \u2013 Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak
\n<\/strong>Literature, graphic novel, comics <\/span><\/p>\n

Reading list
\n<\/strong><\/span>All materials for each thematic unit will be available in electronic format via Omega.
\n<\/span>The Norton Anthology of English Literature<\/em> (9th ed) (instructor\u2019s selection)
\n<\/span>The Norton Anthology of American Literature<\/em> (9th ed) (instructor\u2019s selection)
\n<\/span>Edgar, Andrew and Peter Sedgwick. Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts<\/em>. 2nd ed. Routledge 2008. (instructor\u2019s selection)
\n<\/span>MLA Handbook<\/em>. 9th ed. Modern Languages Association, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Course title: Reading literature, media, culture Instructors: Prof. Tatjana Juki\u0107, Prof. Jelena \u0160esni\u0107, Prof. Borislav Kne\u017eevi\u0107, Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak, Assoc. Prof. Sven Cvek, Assoc. Prof. Tihana Klepa\u010d, 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-semestar-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47195"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49125,"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47195\/revisions\/49125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}