Literature / literary work of Serbs in Croatia: Proceedings from the international scientific symposium held in memory of Stanko Korać

Authors

Virna Karlić (ed)
University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6525-3805
Dušan Marinković (ed)
University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2402-4043

Synopsis

This volume brings together papers presented at the International Scientific Symposium Literature / Literary Work of Serbs in Croatia, held on November 23–24, 2024, at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. The symposium was organized by the Faculty, led by the Department of South Slavic Languages and Literatures, in collaboration with the Serbian Cultural Society “Prosvjeta” and the Serb National Council.

The symposium was held in memory of Stanko Korać (1929–1994), a historian of Croatian and Serbian literature and culture, who left a significant mark on Croatian and Serbian cultural memory through his scholarly and professional projects and initiatives related to the literature and culture of Serbs in Croatia.

Korać’s bibliography shows that his initial scholarly focus was on Croatian literature, but after joining the Serbian Cultural Society “Prosvjeta,” he dedicated himself to studying Serbian writers and the literary work of Serbs in Croatia. This shift culminated in his most important work — the monograph A Survey of the Literary Work of Serbs in Croatia (1987), which inspired the title of this volume. The main aim of the symposium, and subsequently this publication, was to provide the comprehensive overview and analysis of Korać’s scholarly and professional legacy.

The volume consists of 23 contributions, organized into two thematic sections. The first section brings together papers focused on the study of Stanko Korać’s academic and professional work: systematic overviews of his scholarly activity (contributions by Dušan Marinković and Mirko Mar- ković), his monographs on interwar literature (contributions by Dean Duda and Časlav Nikolić), his studies devoted to individual authors such as Ivo Andrić, Vladan Desnica, Simo Matavulj, Ivo Ćipiko, and others (contribu- tions by Branko Tošović, Miroslav Artić, Sanja Roić, Goran Maksimović, Bojan Čolak, Dubravka Bogutovac, and Suzana Marjanić), his work and re- ception in literary journals (contributions by Danko Plevnik and Jelena Marićević Balać), and his engagement with linguistic issues (contribution by Virna Karlić). The second section includes thematically broader studies inspired by Korać’s scholarly opus: on various aspects of (Croatian–Serbian) literary and cultural relations and interactions (contributions by Dragan Bošković, Aleksandra Paunović, Rastko Lončar, and Luka Ostojić), literary-theoretical questions (contribution by Aleksandar Mijatović), analyses of the literary works of individual authors (contributions by Sofija Filipov Radulović, Sanja Šakić, and Vinko Korotaj Drača), and their linguistic features (contribution by Dijana Crnjak and Biljana Savić).

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Author Biographies

Virna Karlić, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Izvanredna profesorica na Odsjeku za južnoslavenske jezike i književnosti na Filozofskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. U sklopu studija južnoslavenskih jezika i književnosti predaje srbističke i južnoslavističke jezikoslovne kolegije te je uključena u nastavu diplomskog združenog studija Digitalna lingvistika. Autorica je dviju znanstvenih monografija: (Ne)određenost: Načini i sredstva izražavanja u hrvatskom i srpskom književnom jeziku (2017) i (Računalna) pragmatika: Temeljni pojmovi i korpusnopragmatičke analize (u koautorstvu s Petrom Bago) (2021). Uredila je znanstvene zbornike Tranzicija i kulturno pamćenje (zajedno sa Sanjom Šakić i Dušanom Marinkovićem, 2017) te Što sanjamo: Knjiga radova povodom 70. rođendana profesora Dušana Marinkovića (zajedno s Dubravkom Bogutovac i Sanjom Šakić, 2019). Autorica je 40-ak znanstvenih i stručnih publikacija te je sudjelovala na više domaćih i međunarodnih znanstvenih projekata. Predstojnica je Katedre za srpsku i crnogorsku književnost na Odsjeku za južnoslavenske jezike i književnosti.

Dušan Marinković, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Rođen je 1949. godine u Novom Mestu (Republika Slovenija). Diplomirao je na Odsjeku za jugoslavenske jezike i književnosti i Odsjeku za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Na istoj ustanovi magistrirao je s temom Rano djelo Ive Andrića i doktorirao s temom Poetika Stankovićeve proze. Od 1975. radi na Katedri za srpsku i crnogorsku književnost kao asistent, a potom u svim zvanjima, do 2017. godine kada biva penzioniran kao redovni profesor u trajnom zvanju. Objavio je četiri autorske knjige i brojne naučne i stručne radove u zemlji i inozemstvu. Vodio je projekt Hrvatski književno-kulturni identitet u tranziciji / regionalnom kontekstu (aspekti hrvatsko-srpskog kulturnog dijaloga) (HRZZ, 09.01/323, 2013.-2016.). Učestvovao je na brojnim međunarodnim naučnim konferencijama te predavao na nekoliko hrvatskih i evropskih univerziteta o srpskim, hrvatskim i crnogorskim autorima. Autor je knjige Nalaženja Stanka Koraća: Otpor institucionalnoj asimilaciji (2024).

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26. September 2025.

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978-953-379-266-8

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2025