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The Use of the Mother Tongue in Teaching English
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Emanuela Mijatović Learning English as a L2 has become a necessity for modern society because people use it as a communication tool all over the world. The mother tongue has been incorporated into teaching foreign/second languages from the early beginnings of language teaching. For this reason, it is of crucial importance to examine the amount of Croatian used in English second language classrooms. Additionally, the purposes of using the mother tongue in second language teaching can largely affect the whole...
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The Vietnam War in American Cinema
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Matej Pijaca The period of The Vietnam War was a tumultuous time for American society, and Hollywood films, albeit slightly delayed, reflected the dynamic and confused realities of the war. Rooted in the traditions of the war film which were largely established during World War II, a diverse collection of films was produced during a relatively short period of ten years, some of them conforming to the traditions, others subverting them. Many great directors tackled the topic, resulting in acclaimed films...
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The Zombie Narrative as the Representation of Otherness – Social and Cultural Issues in the Zombie Narrative
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Anamarija Vuk The zombie narrative, typically thought of as an American creation, has its roots in the Caribbean Island of Haiti. The Haitian zombie trope therefore served as an ideal inspiration for the further development of the “Romeran”, Hollywood zombie. George Romero, or the father of the modern zombie narrative successfully modernized the narrative that we are all familiar with today. He transformed the zombie from a mindless, slave-like creature into a cannibalistic, blood-driven living dead...
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The analysis of violence in the TV show „Sons of Anarchy“
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Blaženka Juren This paper examines the violence in the TV series “Sons of Anarchy” and its relation to masculinity and morality. Throughout deep research, there is an attempt to present several different theories of violence which serve as theoretical foundation of the thesis. Therefore, this paper will explain the basis of the violence, the factors that cause it to emerge, its relationship with masculinity, and the moral values the characters share.
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The history of language death in Great Britain
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Dana Surić This final paper focuses on the language death of Celtic languages, primarily caused by the English language, on the territory of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. In the first part of the work, the terms “language death“ and “language shift“ are explained. These are the processes that many languages in the world face or have faced in the past, among which are Celtic languages as well presented in this paper in the second part of the work. Therefore, in the second part of the...
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The influence of H.P. Lovecraft in horror films and videogames
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Ante Marinković Among Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft is one the most popular horror writers today. His brand of “cosmic horror” influenced many different artists, writers and directors. This paper is interested in exploring the representation of lovecraftian horror in movies and videogames. By referencing Lovecraft’s works it is possible to construct an image of what “lovecraftian” means. It is also important to distinguish the mediums of film and videogames in order to better...
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The linguistic phenomenon of Runglish: Orthographic, phonological and morphological analysis
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Mia Žulić The goal of this final thesis is to examine the linguistic phenomenon of “Runglish”, the mixture of two languages – Russian and English, and to describe its linguistic and social characteristics. “Runglish” is a hybrid language spoken primarily in the Russian communities in the United States of America. The theoretical and methodological background of this thesis is based on the scientific work of Croatian linguists Rudolf Filipović and Antica Menac, as well as the other important...
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The question of identity in Michael Ondaatje's „The English Patient“
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Ana Bošnjak A group of characters of mixed nationalities is situated in an Italian villa in the last
stages of WWII. Each of them is lost on an unknown territory, away from their loved ones
and asking themselves many questions in search of their identity after being crippled by the
war. Gradually, through storytelling, they let their guards down and find comfort in the
presence of others.
The author Michael Ondaatje, an immigrant himself, portrays Canadian
multiculturalism when he lets the...
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The role of the Englisg language in political and popular discourse in Croatian mass media
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Antonija Lomnicki In the first part of the thesis the global spread of the English language is described through geographical-historical and socio-cultural contexts - from immigration of Europeans to the New World, British colonialism, development of science and new technologies, increasing influence of the American film, entertainment and technological industries, to the emergence of the global communication network - the Internet. The second part is related to the connection between language and society....
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The translation of Camilleri's La gita a Tindari from Italian to English
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Mateja Knežević This final thesis entitled The Translation of Camilleri's La Gita a Tindari from Italian to English is concentrated on the semantic and grammatical analysis of parts of the 1st and 3rd chapters of Stephen Sartarelli's translation of Andrea Camilleri's work La Gita a Tindari. While semantic analysis was based on the usage of various translation techniques such as: addition, ommission, modulation, reformulation and change of words to convey the same meaning, grammatical analysis was based on...
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The use of the English language in digital media and daily communication among non-native speakers of English in Croatia
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Katarina Semenčić In the past five decades, development of technology has enabled a faster and more effective communication than ever before, and English has become a global language that allows people around the world to maintain such quality communication. The English language is present among younger Croats who are showing a growing excitement for the language and have been using it a lot in their digital and face-to-face communication. This paper focuses on the digital communication of non-native speakers...
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Three waves of feminism: challenging the patriarchal society and influencing society’s view on “gender” and “queer”
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Patricia Orolić Feminism is defined as a social, political, and economic movement that primarily enabled women worldwide to gain equality between men and women. This movement can be separated into three waves: the first wave in which women advocated for their voting rights; the second wave in which women sought political independence, and the third wave which dealt with breaking down of essential notions of gender and with the reappearance of the term queer, no longer demeaning. Gender is distinguished from...
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