Title of department: Department of South Slavic languages and literatures
Study programme – title of specialisation: Graduate university study programme in South Slavic languages and literatures (double major) –Literature and Interculture Module
Title conferred: master of South Slavic languages and literatures (mag. philol. slav. Merid.)
1st SEMESTER
COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT: 2 courses – literary periodization and genres
Course title: Interliterary Interpretations (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Contemporary Slovene Fiction (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Ivana Latković, Ph.D., senior assistant
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Contemporary Bulgarian Literature (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Marijana Bijelić, Ph.D., senior assistant – junior researcher
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Poetics of Danilo Kiš’s Fiction (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Vasco Popa and Serbian Lyric Poetry (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: South Slavic Romantic Lyric Poetry (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Borislav Pavlovski, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Macedonian and Croatian Drama at the End of the 20th Century in South Slavic Context (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Borislav Pavlovski, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Ivica Baković, Ph.D., senior assistant
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
ELECTIVE COURSES: 1 course from the group of the remaining courses or from the Language and Literature Module or from the intramural electives.
SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLMENT IN ELECTIVES
Students may enrol in an elective course from the group of the remaining courses within his/her specialisation (4 ECTS) that have not been elected as courses offered by the department (2 obligatory courses per semester).
Students may also enrol in a language course within the Language and Literature Module or in intramural electives – not more than 5 ECTS per course.
2nd SEMESTER
COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT: 2 courses – poetics of genres
Course title: Intercultural Critique (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Reading Bosnian-and-Herzegovinian Fiction (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Ivan Majić, Ph.D., senior assistant
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Slovene Historical Novel in South Slavic Context (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Ivana Latković, Ph.D., senior assistant
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: The Poetics of Andrić’s Novels (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: The Poetics of Andrić’s Novels (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Montenegrin Novel in the 20th Century (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Macedonian Postmodern Novel (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Borislav Pavlovski, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Macedonian Literature and Film (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Borislav Pavlovski, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Ivica Baković, Ph.D., senior assistant
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
ELECTIVE COURSES: 1 course from the group of the remaining courses or from the Language and Literature Module or from the intramural electives.
SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLMENT IN ELECTIVES
Students may enrol in an elective course from the group of the remaining courses within his/her specialisation (4 ECTS) that have not been elected as courses offered by the department (2 obligatory courses per semester).
Students may also enrol in an elective course within the Language and Literature Module or in intramural electives – up to 5 ECTS per course.
3rd SEMESTER
COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT: 2 courses – literary ouvres and works
Course title: Josip Osti the Poet (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Memory and Narration: Selimović, Karahasan, Horozović (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Course instructor: Ivan Majić, Ph.D., senior assistant
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Poetics of Pekić’s Novels (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Modulecoordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: The Poetics of Miloš Crnjanski (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Modulecoordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: The Poetics of Miloš Crnjanski (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Modulecoordinator/instructor: Prof. Dušan Marinković, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Literary Works of Slavko Janevski (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Modulecoordinator/instructor: Prof. Borislav Pavlovski, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
Course title: Cultural Aspects in Novels by Goce Smilevski (1L, 1S, 4 ECTS)
Module coordinator/instructor: Prof. Borislav Pavlovski, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: enrollment in a graduate South Slavic study programme
Exam: yes
Grading: numerical
ELECTIVE COURSES: 1 course from the group of the remaining courses or from the Language and Literature Module or from the intramural electives.
SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLMENT IN ELECTIVES
Students may enrol in an elective course from the group of the remaining courses within his/her specialisation (4 ECTS) that have not been elected as courses offered by the department (2 obligatory courses per semester).
Students may aslo enrol in an elective course within the specialisation in language and literature or in intramural electives – up to 5 ECTS per course.
4th SEMESTER
COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT: Master’s thesis and/or tutorials for master’s thesis, writing a master’s thesis
Course title: Master’s Seminar – 15 ECTS – work in seminar and tutorials (5), writing a master’s thesis (10)
Modulecoordinator/instructor: Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Course instructors: Ivana Latković, Ph.D.; Ivan Majić, Ph.D.; Prof. Zvonko Kovač, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: title of master’s thesis registered by the module coordinator or a course instructor
Exam: none
Grading: none
ELECTIVE COURSES: 1 course from the group of the remaining courses or from the Language and Literature Module or from the intramural electives.
SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLMENT IN ELECTIVES
Students may enrol in an elective course from the group of the remaining courses within his/her specialisation (4 ECTS) that have not been elected as courses offered by the department (2 obligatory courses per semester).
Students may also enrol in an elective course within the specialisation in language and literature or in intramural electives – up to 5 ECTS per course.
STUDY PROGRAMME COMPLETION – DIPLOMA PAPER
GUIDE FOR REGISTRATION, MAKING, AND ORAL DEFENSE OF A DIPLOMA PAPER
On the South Slavic languages and literatures graduate study programme – Literature and Interculture Module, it is mandatory to write a diploma paper or master’s thesis under supervision by a graduate study programme staff member or an interdisciplinary master’s thesis under the joint supervision by teaching staff from both double majors; students also can have a joint supervison with language teaching staff members who teach in the Langauge and Literature Module, provided their master’s thesis is interdisciplinary, comparative or intercultural.
Students must register their diploma paper titles and supervisors by the time they enrol in the 4th semester of their graduate study programme. The topic of diploma paper is approved by the Department Council.