General information
| Study programme title | Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) programme in Croatian Language and Literature (Joint Honours) |
| Type of study programme | University |
| Duration | 3 years (6 semesters) |
| ECTS | 90 ECTS |
| Academic qualification | Bachelor of Arts in Croatian Language and Literature (univ. bacc. philol. croat) |
| Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register | – |
| Study completion requirements | Passing all the exams and successfully completing the undergraduate dissertation. |
| Possibilities of continuing education | At the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, students can enrol on the M.A. in Croatian Language and Literature (Joint Honours, Modules: General or Teaching). |
| Employment possibilities | Students will have acquired skills for editorial work, literary-criticism, editing and proofreading, as well as journalism, protocol work, cultural management, public relations, etc. |
| Enrolment Conditions | Further details about enrolment can be found on: Postani student |
Course list
| Year 1 | |||
| Semester I | Semester II | ||
| Old Slavic Language | 4 ECTS | Phonology of Standard Croatian | 3 ECTS |
| Theory of Language | 3 ECTS | Croatian Medieval and Renaissance Literature | 4 ECTS |
| Introduction to the Science of Literature 1 | 3 ECTS | History of the Croatian Language | 4 ECTS |
| Physical Education 1 | 1 ECTS | Introduction to the Science of Literature 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Physical Education 1 | 1 ECTS | Physical Education 2 | 1 ECTS |
| Elective Course | 3 ECTS | Elective Course | 3 ECTS |
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester III | Semester IV | ||
| Dialectology of the Croatian language | 4 ECTS | Lexicology of Standard Croatian | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literary Baroque and the Enlightenment | 3 ECTS | Syntax of Standard Croatian | 4 ECTS |
| Language seminar | 2 ECTS | World Literature to Romanticism | 4 ECTS |
| Morphology and Derivation Morphology in Standard Croatian | 4 ECTS | Physical Education 4 | 1 ECTS |
| Physical Education 3 | 1 ECTS | Elective Course | 3 ECTS |
| Elective Course | 3 ECTS | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester V | Semester VI | ||
| Croatian Literature from Romanticism to Modernity | 4 ECTS | Croatian Literature after Modernity | 3 ECTS |
| Forms of Croatian Oral literature | 4 ECTS | Concepts in Stylistics | 3 ECTS |
| World Literature from Romanticism To Contemporary Times | 4 ECTS | Textual Linguistics | 3 ECTS |
| Elective course | 3 ECTS | Elective Course | 3 ECTS |
| Undergraduate Dissertation | 3 ECTS |
| Elective Courses (The offer of elective courses will be decided and specified in the syllabus for each academic year) | |
| Andrija Kačić Miošić and his Followers | 3 ECTS |
| Avant-garde in Croatian Modern Works | 3 ECTS |
| Basics of Filming and Editing | 3 ECTS |
| Chakavian/Kajkavian/Shtokavian Dialect (cyclical) | 3 ECTS |
| Controversial Places in Croatian Literature | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Culture and Civilisation | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Historical and New-historical Novel | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Historical Drama in the Renaissance | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Humanism and Latinism | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literary Language in the 16th Century | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literary Language in the 17th Century | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literary Language in the 18th Century | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literary Language in the 19th Century | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literature and other Literatures in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Literature and the European Middle Ages | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Love Lyric Poetry of the 15th and 16th Centuries | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Orthographic Standards | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Picaresque Novels | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Short Story | 3 ECTS |
| Dialectology of the Croatian Language: Field Research | 3 ECTS |
| Digital Humanities in Literary Research | 3 ECTS |
| Genres in the Enlightenment | 3 ECTS |
| Glagolitic Monuments in North Croatian Coastal Areas and Istria | 3 ECTS |
| History and Structure of the Crime Novel | 3 ECTS |
| History of Croatian Oral Literature | 3 ECTS |
| History of Film | 3 ECTS |
| History of Linguistics | 3 ECTS |
| History of the Novel | 3 ECTS |
| Hungarian Language 1 | 3 ECTS |
| Hungarian Language 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Hungarian Language 3 | 3 ECTS |
| Hungarian Language 4 | 3 ECTS |
| Intercultural Context of Recent Croatian literature | 3 ECTS |
| Interpreting the Novel | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Comics | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Hungarian Culture and Civilization | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Phraseology | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to the Theory of Film | 3 ECTS |
| Introduction to Theatre Studies | 3 ECTS |
| Korean Culture and Civilization | 3 ECTS |
| Korean language 1 | 3 ECTS |
| Korean Language 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Linguistic Stratifications and Norms | 3 ECTS |
| Literary Theory Colloquium | 3 ECTS |
| Literary Works of Marija Jurić Zagorka | 3 ECTS |
| Lyrics | 3 ECTS |
| Macedonian Culture and Civilization | 3 ECTS |
| Macedonian Language 5 | 3 ECTS |
| Macedonian Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries | 3 ECTS |
| Methodology in Producing Academic and Professional work | 3 ECTS |
| Narrator and Character | 3 ECTS |
| Oral Narrative Forms | 3 ECTS |
| Polish Culture and Civilization | 3 ECTS |
| Polish Language 5 | 3 ECTS |
| Polish Language for non-Philologists | 3 ECTS |
| Polish Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries | 3 ECTS |
| Post-Yugoslav Literature | 3 ECTS |
| Reading / Analysis of Media Texts | 3 ECTS |
| Rijeka in Stories | 3 ECTS |
| Science Fiction | 3 ECTS |
| Selected Topics from Contemporary Macedonian Literature | 3 ECTS |
| Slavic Language 1 | 3 ECTS |
| Slavic Language 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Slavic Language 3 | 3 ECTS |
| Slavic Language 4 | 3 ECTS |
| Slavic Script | 3 ECTS |
| Slovenian Language 1 | 3 ECTS |
| Slovenian Language 2 | 3 ECTS |
| Slovenian Language 3 | 3 ECTS |
| Slovenian Language 4 | 3 ECTS |
| Stylistic Analysis | 3 ECTS |
| Stylistic Methods and Application | 3 ECTS |
| Text and Context of Contemporary Croatian prose | 3 ECTS |
| The Novel in the Šenoa Period | 3 ECTS |
| The Novella in Croatian Modernity | 3 ECTS |
| Women’s Writing | 3 ECTS |
Learning outcomes
Core learning outcomes
| Collective learning outcomes | Individual learning outcomes |
|---|---|
| THEORY OF LANGUAGE AND CONTEMPORARY STANDARD CROATIAN | 1. Apply primary linguistic concepts. 2. Present all levels of grammatical description. 3. Apply linguistic norms in standard Croatian at all language levels, in both written and oral texts of all functional styles and discourse types. 4. Analyse deviations from the linguistic norms in standard Croatian at all language levels, in both written and oral texts of all functional styles and discourse types. 5. Evaluate the characteristics of linguistic culture in different communication situations. |
| DIACHRONIC GROUP OF LANGUAGE COURSES | 1. Apply basic terminology related to the research of the Old Slavic language, diachronic linguistics, the history of Croatian literary language, and dialectology. 2. Interpret the circumstances and genesis of the first Slavic literary language and Slavic scripts. 3. Analyse the linguistic and stylistic characteristics of texts written in Old Church Slavic canon. 4. Distinguish between linguistic features in contemporary Croatian language systems with respect to their degree of conservatism or innovativeness. 5. Explain the process of the standardisation of the Croatian language in all stages of its development. 6. Distinguish between the Chakavian, Kajkavian and Shtokavian dialects. 7. Describe the characteristics of dialects in the Croatian language at the diachronic and synchronic levels. |
| LITERARY THEORY | 1. Apply foundational terminology from literary theory. 2. Interpret the structural characteristics of the literary genre and the key concepts used in its analysis. 3. Outline the theoretical and historical validity of terminological issues as instruments of systematic and explained perspectives on literary texts. 4. Critically evaluate the poetic status of literary forms in different literary periods and systems. |
| STYLISTICS | 1. Apply basic terminology and theoretical knowledge from stylistics when analysing and evaluating texts of different discursive types. 2. Analyse literary texts using literary and discourse stylistic methodology. 3. Recognise and determine at what linguistic levels the stylogenicity of a particular text is realised. 4. Critically determine and evaluate media discourse using the methodological apparatus of critical and feminist stylistics. |
| CROATIAN AND GLOBAL LITERATURE | 1. Apply basic terminology related to the study of Croatian and global literature in all periods and styles. 2. Present and show significant authors, works and oeuvres of Croatian and global literature. 3. Analyse and interpret the poetic, stylistic, genre, authorial and reception characteristics of representative works of Croatian and global literature of all periods and styles. 4. Compare Croatian and global literature from all periods and styles. 5. Show the correlations between works of global literature with other artistic, scientific, economic, political, social, and general cultural content. 6. Explain the relationship between literature and the other arts in the formation of culture. |
| ORAL LITERATURE | 1. Apply the basic terminology related to the study of Croatian oral literature. 2. Analyse and interpret oral literary genres in representative and anthological examples of Croatian oral literary texts. 3. Compare different types of oral literary texts within the genre system and their thematic-motive, structural and stylistic features using examples of Croatian and global oral literature. 4. Critically evaluate the connections between an oral literary text and its customary, mythological, religious, and socio-historical context(s). |
Elective learning outcomes
| Collective learning outcomes | Individual learning outcomes |
|---|---|
| SLAVIC LANGUAGE | 1. Use at least one Slavic language (Polish, Macedonian, Slovenian) in listening, speaking, reading, and writing (in accordance with the number of semesters). 2. Understand different Slavic cultures in both the past and present |