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Jelena Pataki Šumiga
dr. sc.
asistent
Odsjek: Odsjek za engleski jezik i književnost
E-mail: jpataki@ffos.hr
MB znanstvenika: 388222
Područje znanosti: Humanističke znanosti
Pregled engleske književnosti I (od početaka do sredine 18. stoljeća)
Suvremena britanska književnost
Dr. sc. Jelena Pataki Šumiga viša je asistentica na Odsjeku za engleski jezik i književnost, gdje predaje kolegije iz stare engleske književnosti i suvremene britanske distopije. Godine 2018. radila je kao asistentica na istom Odsjeku i Katedri za primijenjenu lingvistiku i kolegiju "Prevođenje jezika medija". Njezina područja istraživanja uključuju distopiju, Disney, ljubavne romane i književnost za mlade. Članica je USSE-a, YASA-e i suurednica znanstvenog–popularnog časopisa Fractals: The Shapes of Popular Culture (https://fractalsffos.wordpress.com/category/article/). Objavila je desetak znanstvenih radova, suuredila zbornik radova s konferencije Breaking Stereotypes in American Popular Culture (FF Press, 2023.) te je vodila istraživački projekt Nasilje u suvremenim adaptacijama i popularnoj kulturi (2024.-2025.).
Osim znanstvenim radom, bavi se konferencijskim i književnim prevođenjem te je članica Društva hrvatskih književnih prevodilaca s više od 70 prevedenih naslova s engleskoga na hrvatski za više izdavačkih kuća i jedno kazalište.
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Jelena Pataki Šumiga, PhD, is a Senior TA at the Department of English Language and Literature. She teaches courses in old English literature and contemporary British dystopia. In 2018, she taught a translation course at the Sub-Department of Applied Linguistics at the Department of English. Her fields of research include dystopia, Disney, romance, and YA literature. She is a member of the USSE, the YA Studies Association, and a co-editor of the journal Fractals: The Shapes of Popular Culture (https://fractalsffos.wordpress.com/category/article/). She has published a dozen academic papers, co-edited the Breaking Stereotypes in American Popular Culture conference proceedings (FF Press, 2023), and she headed the Violence in Popular Culture and Contemporary Adaptations Research Project (2024-2025).
She is also a successful conference interpreter and literary translator, with more than 70 novels and non-fiction titles translated from English to Croatian.
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Najnoviji radovi / Recent publications:
Pataki Šumiga, Jelena; Matek, Ljubica. "Mediating Violence: Entanglements of Fiction and Fact." Editorial, Anafora, 13 (2026), 1; pp. 1-5.
"Love in the Time of Dystopia: Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster (2015).” Anafora, 13 (2026), 1; Osijek, pp. 101–119.
"'If not for her, nobody here would be reading this book’: Exploring Literary vs. Popular Fiction and Translation in Book of Love (2022).” Sic: časopis za književnost, kulturu i književno prevođenje, Zadar, (2026), 2.16; pp. 1-17.
"Young Adult Dystopia's Influence on the Female Heroine in the TV Series The Handmaid's Tale." Wastelands and Wonderlands, ed. Matthew Leggatt, SUNY Press, 2026. pp. 277-90.
“‘The Stars Don't Shine, They Burn’: Perfectionism in Disney's Encanto (2021).” Disney and Popular Culture: A Celebration of 100 Years of Disney, eds. Amanda Rutherford and Sarah Baker. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. pp. 129-140.
"'Give Us Our Daily Dread': Dystopian Traces in the COVID-19 Media Discourse on the Croatian Civil Protection Headquarters." Media, American Culture, and Global Perspective: Images, Ideas, and Illusion Conference Proceedings, eds. Lovorka Gruić Grmuša, Sanja Runtić, Petra Sapun Kurtin. FF Press, 2026. pp. 121-45.
“The Sweet Bonds of Society: Food Symbolism in Bridgerton.” Sic: časopis za književnost, kulturu i književno prevođenje, 2.15, 2025., pp. 1-17.
Konferencije / Conferences:
"Contrasting Desire: Shakespeare's Subversion of the Petrarchan Idealism in 10 Things I Hate About You." Contemporary Horizons in English Studies, Sveučilište u Zadru, 18. i 19. rujna 2026.
"Beauty as a Tool of Biopolitical Desire for Control in Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies." The Function of Beauty: A Transdisciplinary Conference, London, UK, 22.-23.04.2026. (online)
Pataki Šumiga, Jelena; Kraljić, Laura. „Health on Sale: Biopolitical Violence and Capitalism in Black Mirror’s “Common People.“ Shapes of Dystopia: Literary Imaginings and Social Realities Across Media, Rzeszów, Poland, 16.01.2026. (online)
Najnoviji prijevodi / Recent literary translations:
Austen, Jane. Razum i osjećaji. Novella knjige, studeni 2026.
Albee, Edward. Bračna igra. Gradsko kazalište Joza Ivakić Vinkovci, veljača 2026.
Jenkins Reid, Taylor. Atmosfera. Vorto Palabra, siječanj 2026.
Svi radovi / All publications: