Educational Issues, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2025.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.53577/oot.8.2.1
Zdenko Bašić and Tanja Konforta's Picture Book “The Goldsmith's Treasure”, Cultural Geography and Teaching Literature
Goran Krapić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-0560
; Gymnasium Andrija Mohorovičić Rijeka
*
Kristina Krapić
; Elementary school „Rikard Katalinić Jeretov“ Opatija
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Zdenko Bašić and Tanja Konforta's picture book The Goldsmith's Treasure arouses the primary and secondary school classes’ interest in exploring Zagreb and reading Šenoa's novel. The picture book is suitable for teaching literature using the tools of cultural geography. Laura Šakaja presented them in detail in the book Introduction to Cultural Geography. The picture book can also be a source of information for Croatian language teachers. This paper will present the possibility of incorporating the mentioned picture book into primary and secondary school literature curricula, ultimately aiming to connect the two. Although Šenoa wrote the novel for an adult audience, Zdenko Bašić and Tanja Konforta brought the story closer to children. Rich in illustrations and information on Zagreb and its surrounding areas, the picture book enables the correlation of the Croatian language with Geography and other subjects. It presents the historical centre of Zagreb (St. Marc’s Church, The Stone Gate and Manduševac), a wider area (Medvednica and Samobor) and historical figures (Stjepko Gregorijanec and Barbara Celjska), and offers a recipe for traditional cookies (paprenjaci). Thus, students, especially those from other areas of the Republic of Croatia and the world, can use the picture book as the preparation for both reading Šenoa's novel and for Zagreb itself.
Keywords
1. August Šenoa; 2. gymnasium; 3. intermediality; 4. methodology of teaching literature; 5. elementary school
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Publication date:
23.12.2025.
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