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The Dialectics in the Performative of Vlasta Delimar
No full textPolazna je teza rada da se umjetnički rad Vlaste Delimar temelji na dijalektičkom principu kao suigri suprotnosti iz koje proizlazi angažirana izvedbena praksa, kao sinteza kritičkog i kreativnog mišljenja, koja potiče društvenu promjenu. Put do potvrđivanja i argumentiranja teze započinjemo autorovim subjektivnim očitovanjem kojim ukazuje na svoje poimanje svijeta i ideju znanja kojeg promatra kao obvezatnu kategoriju, odnosno kao ključni fenomen i pokretač dijalektičkih procesa i angažmana. Teorijska niša promišljanja odnosa čovjeka i znanja polazi od marksističkih, egzistencijalističkih i postmodernih teorija. Taj je okvir proširen u polju somatskih i performativnih teorija kroz ideju izvedbe znanja kao spoznajnog i angažiranog procesa. Rad se temelji na fenomenološkoj metodologiji kojom se inzistira na važnosti pojedinačnog iskustva i paradigmi o (post)istinama. Donosi se prikaz tumačenja dijalektike kroz filozofske rječnike i razumijevanje kritičke teorije i njene veze s dijalektikom. Sponu između navedenih teorija i stvaralaštva Vlaste Delimar pronalazimo u odrednicama Brechtova dijalektičkog teatra koji triangulira kritiku, zabavu, eksplicitnost i začudnost; njima se potiče društvena promjena. Delimar tako promatramo kao Diogena, referirajući se na izvedbu znanja koja transcendira gabarite binarnih podjela na prirodu i kulturu te koja svojom praksom potiče promišljanje egalitarnog društva.The thesis of this paper is that the artistic work of Vlasta Delimar is based on the dialectical principle as a play of opposites, from which an engaged performative practice emerges as a synthesis of critical and creative thinking, encouraging social change. The path to confirming and arguing this thesis begins with the author's subjective expression, in which he points to his understanding of the world and the idea of knowledge, which he views as a mandatory category or as the key phenomenon and the driver of dialectical processes and engagement. The theoretical niche for contemplating the relationship between humans and knowledge starts with Marxist, existentialist, and postmodern theories. This framework is expanded in the field of somatic and performative theories through the idea of knowledge as a cognitive and engaged process. The paper is based on phenomenological methodology, emphasizing the importance of individual experience and the paradigm of (post)truths. It also provides an interpretation of dialectics through philosophical dictionaries and an understanding of critical theory and its connection to dialectics. The link between these theories and the creativity of Vlasta Delimar is found in the determinants of Brecht's dialectical theater, which triangulates critique, entertainment, explicitness, and astonishment, thus encouraging social change. We observe Delimar as a Diogenes, referring to the performance of knowledge that transcends the boundaries of binary divisions between nature and culture and, through her artistic practice, encourages contemplation of an egalitarian society
Text summarization as a useful tool in the organization, presentation and information retrieval
No full textPredmet rada je automatsko sažimanje teksta u kontekstu organizacije, predstavljanja i pretraživanja informacija. Automatsko sažimanje teksta primjenjivo je u brojnim područjima, a u radu se razmatra uloga sažimanja teksta u području informacijskih znanosti. Predstavljeni su različiti pogledi na sažimanje teksta, te su opisane osnovne metode sažimanja teksta. Osim dviju glavnih metoda, ekstrakcijske i apstrakcijske, spomenute su hibridna metoda kao i najaktualnije metrike evaluacije sažetaka. U radu su istaknuti nedostaci metoda sažimanja teksta i samog procesa sažimanja, a to su redundancija, financijska ulaganja, dvosmislenost riječi i sinonimi, te problem kohezije i koherencije kreiranih sažetaka. Automatsko sažimanje teksta korisno je u obradi tekstualnih datoteka, što je pogotovo važno uz eksponencijalni rast količine takvih podataka danas. Krajnji cilj područja sažimanja teksta je kreiranje kvalitetnih sažetaka sličnim onima kreiranim od strane čovjeka ali bez potrebe nadziranja procesa sažimanja. Naglašena je važnost evaluacije sažimanja teksta i mogućnost napretka u budućnosti po pitanju kvalitete sažetaka kreiranih alatima za sažimanje teksta uslijed razvoja NLP-a i umjetne inteligencije općenito.The subject of this paper is automatic text summarization in the context of organization, presentation and search of information. Automatic text summarization is applicable in many fields; however, this paper examines the role of text summarization in the domain of informational sciences. This paper presents different outlooks on text summarization and the primary methods of performing said task. Apart from two main, extract and abstract methods, a hybrid method and present-day metrics are also mentioned. Furthermore, the paper deals with shortcomings of methods in text summarization and the process of the summarization itself, which are redundancy, financial investments, double meanings, synonyms, cohesion and coherence. Nevertheless, automatic text summarization is helpful in processing text documents, especially with today's exponential increase of such information. The final goal of the text summarization field is to create high-quality summaries similar to those produced by humans, but without the need to monitor the summarization process. The evaluation of text summarization is emphasized, as well as the possible advancements of summaries created by tools for text summarization during the evolution of NLP and artificial intelligence in general
Assessment of the quality of relations between educators and professional associates in preschool institutions
No full textKvalitetan odnos među suradnicima jedan je od ključnih faktora svake organizacije, pa tako i kod odgojno-obrazovne ustanove za predškolski odgoj i obrazovanje. Glavni cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati kako odgajatelji procjenjuju kvalitetu svojeg odnosa sa stručnim suradnicima; pedagogom, psihologom, zdravstvenim voditeljem i stručnjakom edukacijsko-rehabilitacijskog profila (edukacijski rehabilitator, logoped, socijalni pedagog). Na početku rada definirani su odnosi, što pridonosi njihovoj kvaliteti, kako funkcionira timski rad u vrtiću te koje su moguće barijere. Nadalje, prikazane su uloge svih stručnih suradnika i opisana je njihova suradnja sa odgajateljima. Na kraju rada prikazani su rezultati istraživanja koje je provedeno u četiri županije, Zadarska, Karlovačka, Zagrebačka i Grad Zagreb koji pokazuju da se odgajatelji često susreću sa nekoliko problema tj. barijerama koje ih ometaju u želji za kvalitetnim odnosom sa stručnim suradnicima. Najčešće su to želja za većom prisutnosti stručnih suradnika u odgojnoobrazovnim skupinama, ravnopravan odnos, želja za iskrenom i otvorenom komunikacijom, veća otvorenost i uvažavanje prijedloga te pružanje veće podrške u radu s roditeljima.A quality relationship between co-workers is one of the key factors of every organization, including preschool education institutions. The main goal of the research was to gain insight into the assessment of precshool teacher ant the relationship between them and professional associates; pedagogue, psychologist, health manager and expert in educational and rehabilitation profile (educational rehabilitator, speech therapist, social pedagogue). At the beginning of the work, relationships are defined, what contributes to their quality, how teamwork works in kindergarten and what are the possible barriers. Furthermore, the roles of all professional associates are presented and their cooperation with educators is described. At the end of the paper, the results of the research conducted in four counties, Zadar, Karlovačka, Zagrebačka and the City of Zagreb, are presented, which show that preschool teacher often encounter several problems, ie. barriers that hinder them in their desire for a quality relationship with professional colleagues. Most often, these are the desire for a greater presence of professional associates in educational groups, an equal relationship, a desire for honest and open communication, greater openness and respect for suggestions, and greater support in working with parents
Mood regulation by music
No full textČovjek svakodnevno proživljava niz emocija i raspoloženja, bilo pozitivnih ili negativnih, te posjeduje brojne alate za njihovu regulaciju. Jedan od najpopularnijih alata regulacije je upravo glazba te se može koristiti kroz sedam strategija; Zabava, Oporavak, Snažni osjećaji, Mentalni rad, Premještanje, Utjeha i Otpuštanje ljutnje; od kojih se Otpuštanje ljutnje izdvaja kao jedina kroz koju se izražavaju negativni afekti. Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati regulaciju glazbe s obzirom na spol i glazbeni angažman te su ispitani odnosi strategija regulacije glazbe, dobi, emocionalne stabilnosti te ruminacije ljutnje. U istraživanju su sudjelovali mlađi odrasli (N=142; Nglazbenici=61; Nneglazbenici=81; Nž=113; Nm=29). Podaci su prikupljeni online anketom, a korišteni instrumenti uključivali su: skraćenu verziju Ljestvice regulacije raspoloženja glazbom (B-MMR) (Saarikallio, 2008), Subskalu iz „Big Five“ testa koja se odnosi na emocionalnu stabilnost (IPIP 50S; Goldberg, 1999) te Skalu ruminacije ljutnje (Sukhodolsky. Golub i Cromwell, 2001). Nakon provedene faktorske analize utvrđena je trofaktorska struktura B-MMR, a dobiveni faktori su nazvani Mentalna regulacija glazbom, Otpuštanje ljutnje i Oporavak/Zabava. Rezultati istraživanja ne ukazuju na razliku između glazbenika i neglazbenika ni na jednoj od podljestvica, ali je utvrđen interakcijski efekt spola i glazbenog angažmana na podljestvici Mentalna regulacija glazbom - točnije žene glazbenice postižu veće rezultate od žena neglazbenica te muških glazbenika,. Na podljestvici Oporavak/Zabava utvrđen je glavni efekt spola, točnije žene su postizale više rezultate u odnosu na muškarce. Također su utvrđene pozitivna povezanost između ruminacije ljutnje i Otpuštanja ljutnje, negativna povezanost između ruminacije ljutnje i emocionalne stabilnosti, te pozitivna povezanost između svih subskala regulacije raspoloženja glazbom. Rezultati potvrđuju samo neke od pretpostavljenih odnosa stoga su potrebna daljnja istraživanja ove tematike.Every day, a person experiences a series of emotions and moods, whether positive or negative, and possesses numerous tools for their regulation. One of the most popular regulation tools is precisely music and it can be used through seven strategies; Fun, Recovery, Strong Feelings, Mental Work, Relocation, Comfort and Release of Anger; of which only Release of Anger stands out as the only one through which negative affects are expressed. The main purpose of the research was to determine the level in which a person regulates through music with regard to gender and musical engagement, and the relationships between regulation of music, age, emotional stability and rumination of anger were examined. Young adults participated in the research (N=142; Nmusicians=61; Nnonmusicians=81; Nfemale=113; Nmale=29). Online survey was conducted to collect the data, and the instruments used included: a brief version of the Music Mood Regulation Scale (BMMR) (Saarikallio, 2008), the Big Five Emotional Stability Subscale (IPIP 50S; Goldberg, 1999) and Anger Rumination Scale (Sukhodolsky, Golub and Cromwell, 2001). After the factor analysis, the three-factor structure of the B-MMR was determined, and the obtained factors were called Mental regulation by music, Release of anger and Recovery/Fun. The results of the research do not indicate a difference between musicians and non-musicians on any of the subscales, but an interaction effect of gender and musical engagement was determined on the Mental regulation by music subscale - more precisely, female musicians achieve higher results than female non-musicians and male musicians, and although this difference was not determined for also male non-musicians, the arithmetic mean still points to a slightly higher score for female musicians. On the Recovery/Fun subscale, the main effect of gender was determined, more precisely, women achieved more results than men. A positive correlation was also found between anger rumination and anger release, a negative relationship between anger rumination and emotional stability, and a positive relationship between all subscales of mood regulation by music. The results confirm only some of the assumed relationships, so further research on this topic is needed
Rodne razlike u upotrebi jezika: slučaj tv serija “Kako sam upoznao vašu majku”, “Teorija velikog praska” i “Nova cura”
No full textThis master thesis deals with gender-related differences in language use in three popular and modern comedy TV shows: “The Big Bang Theory”, “How I Met Your Mother” and “New Girl”. After considering previously conducted research that deals with gender differences in language use, both those that favour biologically and sociologically conditioned differences that are reflected in language, and those that show that generalisations regarding gender and language use are not possible, but rather depend on a number of factors, such as social status, age, context, education, mood and so on, the research for the purpose of this thesis was conducted. The main aim was to answer questions related to differences in the amount of speech between characters of both genders, the amount of gossiping, the use of tag questions and the amount of interruptions made. The results enabled us to confirm or dispute whether the widely accepted stereotypes apply to the conversations in the said TV shows. Tag questions are used more by the female gender. Greater amount of speech is traditionally associated with the female gender, but as it can be seen from the research, the male gender has a greater amount of speech. Interruptions and gossiping are traditionally associated more with the female gender, but the results show that both genders were equal regarding this.Ovaj diplomski rad se bavi rodnim razlikama u uporabi jezika u tri popularne humoristične TV serije: “Teorija velikog praska”, “Kako sam upoznao vašu majku” i “Nova cura”. Nakon razmatranja prethodno provedenih istraživanja koja se bave rodnim razlikama u uporabi jezika, kako onih koja idu u prilog biološki i sociološki uvjetovanim razlikama koje se odražavaju na jezik, tako i onih koja pokazuju kako generaliziranje po pitanju roda i uporabe jezika nisu moguća, već da razlike ovise o nizu drugih faktora kao što su društveni status, dob, kontekst, obrazovanje, raspoloženje i sl. provedeno je istraživanje. Glavni je cilj bio pružiti odgovor na nekoliko pitanja te prikupljanje rezultata o razlikama u količini govora među likovima oba spola, razlikama u uporabi dopunskih pitanja te koliko su prekidanja i ogovaranje zastupljeni u razgovoru između dva različita spola. Prikupljeni su rezultati omogućili afirmaciju, odnosno negaciju općeprihvaćenih stereotipa o uporabi jezika na primjeru razgovora među likovima u navedenim serijama. Rečenice s dopunskim pitanjem više koriste pripadnice ženskog spola. Veća količina govora tradicionalno se povezuje sa ženskim spolom, ali kao što je vidljivo iz istraživanja, osobe muškog spola su izgovorile više riječi. Prekidanja i ogovaranja stereotipno se povezuju više sa ženskim spolom, ali je istraživanje pokazalo da su oba spola podjednaka po ovim pitanjima
Existential thoughts in the novel Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
No full textCilj ovoga završnog rada bio je prikazati egzistencijalne elemente u romanu Mučnina JeanPaula Sartrea. Na samome početku rada prikazana je filozofija egzistencije koja u središte stavlja čovjeka, njegov položaj i odnos prema svijetu. Takva filozofija proučava temeljne pojmove poput tjeskobe i mučnine te sličnih osjećaja koji su u čovjeku izazvani zbog straha od postojanja. U okviru šireg pokreta „filozofije egzistencije“ nastao je i egzistencijalizam. Egzistencijalizam kao pravac možemo podijeliti na kršćanski ili religiozni i ateistički ili nihilistički. Neki od najpoznatijih kršćanskih egzistencijalista bili bi: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, Gabriel Marcel, a neki ubrajaju i Karla Jaspersa. S druge strane imamo ateističke egzistencijaliste kojima pripadaju Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus te Jean-Paul Sartre. U središnjem dijelu ovoga rada analiziran je egzistencijalizam Jean-Paula Sartrea koji je prikazan u romanu Mučnina. Roman Mučnina objavljen je 1938. godine, a najprije se trebao zvati „Rasprava o kontingenciji“ jer prikazuje besmislenog, bezrazložnog i slučajnog čovjeka. Napisan je u formi dnevnika i opisuje život Antoinea Roquentina za vrijeme boravka u Bouvilleu, gdje svoja istraživanja o markizu de Rollebonu privodi kraju. Upravo u tom gradu Roquentin dolazi do osjećaja „mučnine“ koji ga prati kroz cijeli roman i koji doživljava zbog svojeg postojanja koje je za njega samo prolazno. Svijet oko sebe vidi kao besmislen, a stvari u svijetu, poput oblutka i drveta kestena, kao one koji mu pomažu da dođe do spoznaje o apsurdnoj i tjeskobnoj egzistenciji. Pojmovi poput apsurda, tjeskobe, besmisla, egzistencije, kontingencije i slobode objašnjeni su primjerima iz samog romana te pomoću njih shvaćamo kako je ovo više filozofsko, nego književno djelo.The aim of this final work was to present existential elements in the novel Nausea by JeanPaul Sartre. At the beginning of the work, the philosophy of existence is presented, which puts man, his position, and his relationship to the world at the center. Such a philosophy studies fundamental concepts such as anxiety and nausea and similar feelings that are caused in man by fear of existence. Within the broader "philosophy of existence" movement, existentialism also arose. Existentialism as a direction can be divided into Christian or religious and atheistic or nihilistic. Some of the most famous Christian existentialists would be Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, Gabriel Marcel, and some count Karl Jaspers. On the other hand, we have atheist existentialists who include Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre. In the central part of this paper, the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre is analyzed, which is depicted in the novel Nausea. The novel Nausea was published in 1938 and was the first to be called "Treatise on Contingency" because it depicts a senseless, gratuitous, and random man. It is written in the form of a diary and describes the life of Antoine Roquentin during his stay in Bouville, where his research on the Marquis de Rollebon comes to an end. It is in this city that Roquentin experiences a feeling of "nausea" that accompanies him throughout the novel and which he experiences because of his existence, which is only temporary for him. He sees the world around him as meaningless, and things in the world, like pebbles and chestnut trees, as those that help him come to the realization of an absurd and anxious existence. Concepts such as absurdity, anxiety, meaninglessness, existence, contingency, and freedom are explained by examples from the novel itself, and with them we understand that this is more philosophical than literary work
Frazemi i njihov prijevod na primjeru reality TV emisije Love Island
No full textThis master's thesis deals with the translation of phraseological units from English into Croatian and the challenges that arise during the process. The translation of phraseological units is always a challenge for translators because of cultural differences between a source and a target language. Since the goal of every translation is the transfer of as many features as possible of the original text into the target text, translators aspire to translate every phraseological unit with a unit of the same type into the target language. Due to cultural differences, it is not always possible to find an equivalent phraseological expression in the target language, which is why there are different approaches and strategies of translation when it comes to phraseological units. The fundamental aim of this master's thesis is to examine the practices of translation by investigating which translation strategies are used most frequently when it comes to phraseological units, as well as to evaluate the translator’s choices, and to provide alternative strategies that could or should have been used in order to achieve a successful translation. The corpus of this thesis is based on the first five episodes of the fifth season of the British reality show Love Island, since it provides a variety of phraseological units. For the purposes of the analysis of this thesis, the PUs of the source language were grouped according to Fiedler’s conventional types, while their translations were analyzed according to the translation strategies by Baker. This master’s thesis provides a demonstration of the challenging task of translating phraseological units due to their cultural and social boundedness which proves that it is necessary to understand the characteristics and features of phraseological units in order to find their adequate translation.Ovaj diplomski rad bavi se izazovima koji se javljaju pri prevođenju frazema s engleskog na hrvatski jezik. Zbog kulturoloških razlika između izvornog i ciljnog jezika, prevođenje frazema izazov je za svakog prevoditelja. Budući da je cilj svakog prijevoda prenijeti što više značajki izvornog teksta u ciljni tekst, prevoditelji nastoje svaki frazem izvornog jezika prevesti izrazom iste vrste na ciljni jezik. No, zbog kulturoloških razlika nije uvijek moguće pronaći ekvivalentan frazeološki izraz u ciljnom jeziku, zbog čega postoje različiti pristupi i strategije prevođenja kada je riječ o frazemima. Temeljni cilj ovog diplomskog rada je ispitati prakse prevođenja, istražiti koje se prevoditeljske strategije najčešće koriste kada je riječ o frazemima, kao i procijeniti odluke prevoditelja i ponuditi alternativne strategije i rješenja koja bi u nekim slučajevima bila prikladnija za uspješan prijevod. Korpus ovog diplomskog rada temelji se na prvih pet epizoda pete sezone britanskog reality showa Love Island budući da nudi mnoštvo frazema. Za potrebe analize, frazemi izvornog jezika grupirani su prema Fiedlerinim konvencionalnim tipovima frazema, dok su njihovi prijevodi analizirani na osnovi prevoditeljskim strategijama Mone Baker. Ovaj diplomski rad prikazuje zahtjevnost prevođenja frazema koja je uzrokovana njihovom uskom povezanošću s kulturom u kojoj su nastali i u kojoj se koriste, što dokazuje da je za pronalaženje adekvatnog prijevoda potrebno razumjeti karakteristike i značajke frazema
Identitet dijaspore u djelima Aleksandra Hemona
No full textThis paper is concerned with the life and fate of people with diaspora identities. Thegoal is to explain the intricate interplay between the terms diaspora, identity and diaspora identity, as well as the use of the term stranger and exemplify them through the works of a Bosnian-American essayist, book author, screenwriter and critic Aleksandar Hemon, who was born and raised in Sarajevo and moved to Chicago in 1992. He initially came to Chicago on an exchange program, but due to the outbreak of the war in Bosnia permanently remained in the USA. In the next few years, he started to write in English and has since written several acclaimed works that deal with the theme of diaspora identity, three of which are used in this paper to exemplify the difficulties an individual might face in such circumstances. Those works are: The Book of My Lives, Nowhere Man and The Question of Bruno.Ovaj rad proučava život i sudbine ljudi koji žive identitet dijaspore. Cilj ovoga rada je objasniti složenu povezanost pojmova dijaspora, identitet i identiteta dijaspore, kao i upotrebu pojma stranac i prikazati to sve na primjeru djela bosansko-američkog esejista, autora, scenarista i kritičara Aleksandra Hemona koji se rodio u Sarajevu i 1992. godine preselio u Chicago. Prvotno je u Chicago došao putem programa razmjene, no zbog početka rata u Bosni i Hercegovini u SAD-u je i ostao. Kroz idućih par godina počeo je pisati na engleskom jeziku i otada je napisao više cijenjenih djela se bave temom identiteta dijaspore, od kojih su tri djela korištena u ovom radu s ciljem prikaza problema s kojima se osoba može susresti u takvim okolnostima. Ta djela su: Knjiga mojih života, Čovjek bez prošlosti i Pitanje Bruna
The role of emotions in the construction of the superfluous man in the novels Janko Borislavić by Ksaver Šandor Gjalski and Sjene ljubavi by Janko Leskovar
No full textOvaj je rad zamišljen kao emocionološka analiza dvaju hrvatskih devetnaestostoljetnih romana: Janka Borislavića (1887.) Ksavera Šandora Gjalskoga i Sjena ljubavi (1898.) Janka Leskovara. Cilj je utvrditi na koji način emocije oblikuju konstrukt književnog lika. Protagonisti Janko Borislavić i Marcel Bušinski prikazani su kao reprezentativni uzorci romantičarskog konstrukta suvišnog čovjeka. Okosnicu rada čini proučavanje uloge primarnih emocija pri oblikovanju tekstualnog identiteta suvišnog čovjeka. Analiza se oslanja na kognitivno-kulturalni model koji su predstavili Oatley i Johnson-Laird. Ondje su emocije proučavane kao instinktivni odgovori na situacijske podražaje te rezultati kulturološkog nasljeđa. Emocije na kojima se gradi suvišan čovjek promatrane su neodvojivo od romantičarskog svjetonazora. Primarne su emocije istraživane pomoću modela MED ciklusa koji povezuje misli, emocije i djelovanja glavnih likova. Svaka je primarna emocija istražena u zasebnom poglavlju na temelju odabranoga korpusa tekstova. Utvrđen je način na koji univerzalna emocija stvara osjećajne sklopove i složena emotivna stanja. Na koncu je protumačena povezanost između emocije i djelovanja radi boljeg razumijevanja bihevioralnih obrazaca suvišnog čovjeka.This bachelor's thesis is based on the emotionological approach of two Croatian nineteenth-century novels: Janko Borislavić (1887.) by Ksaver Šandor Gjalski and Sjene ljubavi (1898.) by Janko Leskovar. The main goal is to determine how emotions shape the construct of a literary character. The protagonists Janko Borislavić and Marcel Bušinski are portrayed as representative patterns of the romantic construct of the superfluous man. The thesis outline is the study of the role of primary emotions in shaping the textual identity of a superfluous man. The analysis relies on a cognitive-cultural model presented by Oatley and Johnson-Laird. Emotions are studied as instinctive responses to situational stimuli and the results of cultural heritage. The emotions on which a superfluous man is built are viewed inseparably from the romanticism worldview. Primary emotions are explored using the model of the MED cycle that connects the thoughts, emotions, and actions of the main characters. Each primary emotion is explored in a separate chapter using a selected corpus of texts. It is determined how universal emotion creates sensory circuits and complex emotional states. On the thread, the connection between emotions and actions is interpreted for a better understanding of the superflous man's behavioral patterns
Zombi narativ kao reprezentacija „drugoga“ – Društvena i kulturološka pitanja u zombi narativu
No full textThe 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 eager to attack its victims. The zombie trope therefore represents a metaphor for all fears and anxieties that have troubled the American audience for a long time. It serves as a symbol and critique of capitalism and consumerism which eat away the humanity, the white patriarchal system, misogyny, the destruction of family and traditional family and moral values, as well as critique of the uncontrolled violence of the Vietnam War, racial issues, and societal changes. All these symbols are subtly hidden in Romero’s movies, all while giving them a deeper meaning. The zombie narrative was successfully implanted in the horror genre in general, given the fact that zombies have spread into all areas of American popular culture such as movies, TV shows, comic books, video games, and even music. George Romero has popularized the narrative and provided the horror fans with an interesting sub-genre which has, for decades, dominated all areas of popular culture.Zombi narativ, kojega se često smatra američkom tvorevinom, vuče svoje korijene s karipskog otoka Haitija. Haićanski je zombi stoga poslužio kao idealna inspiracija za daljnjeg „Romeranskog“, holivudskog zombija. George Romero, prozvan ocem modernog zombi narativa uspješno je modernizirao narativ koji nam je svima poznat danas. Romero je preobrazio zombija iz bezumnog roba u kanibalističkog živog mrtvaca željnog napada. Zombi stoga predstavlja metaforu za sve strahove i tjeskobe koje već duže vremena muče američku publiku. Zombi služi kao simbol i kao kritika kapitalizma i konzumerizma koji izjedaju čovječanstvo, bjelačkog patrijarhata, mizoginije, propasti obitelji i razaranja tradicionalnih obiteljskih i moralnih vrijednosti. Također služi kao kritika nekontroliranog nasilja u Vijetnamskom ratu, rasnih pitanja i društvenih promjena. Svi ti simboli suptilno su skriveni u Romerovim filmovima te im daju dublje značenje. Zombi narativ se uspješno uklopio u horor žanr, budući da su se zombiji proširili na sve sfere američke popularne kulture poput filmova, televizijskih emisija, stripova, videoigara pa čak i glazbe. George Romero je popularizirao narativ i ljubiteljima horor filmova ponudio zanimljiv podžanr koji već desetljećima dominira na svim područjima američke popularne kulture