• The Sub-department of Early Croatian Literature was established on 28 January 2009.
  • HEADS OF THE SUB-DEPARTMENT: Prof. Zlata Šundalić, PhD (28 January 2009 – 31 January 2011), Prof. Milovan Tatarin, PhD (1 February 2011 – 31 January 2013), Asst. Prof. Krešimir Šimić, PhD (1 February 2013 – 31 January 2015), Prof. Zlata Šundalić, PhD (1 February 2015 – 31 January 2017), Prof. Milovan Tatarin, PhD (1 February 2017 – 31 January 2019), Asst. Prof. Ivana Mikulić, PhD (1 February 2019 – 27 November 2019), Assoc. Prof. Krešimir Šimić, PhD (28 November 2019 – 30 September 2022), Asst. Prof. Ivana Mikulić, PhD (1 October 2022 – 30 September 2023), Prof. Krešimir Šimić, PhD (1 October 2023 – 30 September 2026)

PROJECTS

  • From 2007 to 2014, members of the Sub-department participated in the research project Marginal Genres of 18th-Century Croatian Literature, with Prof. Zlata Šundalić, PhD, as principal investigator.
  • In 2014, the Croatian Science Foundation approved the research project Panorama of 17th-Century Croatian Literature in Dubrovnik, led by Prof. Milovan Tatarin, PhD.
  • Members of the Sub-department participate in institutional projects: Politics of Regional Identities in Slavonian Literature, project leader: Prof. Dubravka Brunčić, PhD (K. Šimić, I. Mikulić), Petar Kanavelić (1637-1719): Texts and Interpretations, project leader: Prof. Davor Dukić, PhD (I. Mikulić)

POPULAR LIBRARY SERIES

  • Members of the Sub-department of Early Croatian Literature proposed the launch of a popular library series consisting of two collections: Mirror of the Past and Mirror of the Present. The proposal was approved at the meeting of the Department of Croatian Language and Literature on 10 December 2009 and at the meeting of the Faculty Council on 24 February 2010.

Mirror of the Past

Antun Kanižlić: Primogući i srce nadvladajući uzroci (facsimile of the 1760 edition with parallel transcription), 2010.

Zlata Šundalić and Ivana Pepić: O smješnicama & smješnice, 2011.

Antun Kanižlić: Bogoljupstvo na poštenje svetoga Franceška Saverije, 2013.

Vitale Andriaši: Put od raja najlašnji, 2014.

Nitko sebi sudac. Zbornik radova o Bernardinu Leakoviću (1741 – 1815), 2017.

Antun Josip Knezović: Duhovno nemoj se zaboravit od mene, 2019.

Šimun Mecić, Cvitak pokorni, 2024.

Mirror of the Present

Vlasta Rišner and Maja Glušac: Kroz mijene i dodire publicističkoga stila, 2011.

Goran Rem and Sanja Jukić: Panonizam hrvatskoga pjesništva I and II (special edition of the Mirror of the Present collection), 2012.

Sanja Jukić (ed.): Medijski stilovi hrvatskoga jezika i književnosti I, 2014.

Vlasta Rišner (ed.): Medijski stilovi hrvatskoga jezika i književnosti II, 2014.

FIELD CLASSES

  • The Sub-department organises field classes to promote awareness of the importance of literary and cultural heritage. Part of the field classes is organised under the title “WE WERE THERE” and includes the following visits to Franciscan libraries:
  1. WE WERE THERE (29 January 2010 – visit to the library of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Cross in Osijek’s Tvrđa), download the presentation here
  2. WE WERE THERE (15 January 2011 – visit to Franciscan libraries in Vukovar, Šarengrad and Ilok), download the presentation here
  3. WE WERE THERE (10 December 2011 – visit to Franciscan libraries in Slavonski Brod and Cernik), download the presentation here
  4. WE WERE THERE (19 January 2013 – visit to the library of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Cross in Osijek’s Tvrđa), download the presentation here
  5. WE WERE THERE (30 November 2013 – visit to the monastery library in Našice, Pejačević Castle and the library of the Franciscan monastery in Požega)
  6. WE WERE THERE (25 October 2014 – visit to the library of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Cross in Osijek’s Tvrđa), download the presentation here
  7. WE WERE THERE (22 November 2014 – visit to Franciscan libraries in Vukovar, Ilok and Šarengrad), download the presentation here