MAIN
Associate Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius.
Telephone: +370 65028412
Fields of research
- Multilingualism and Second-language Acquisition
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Theory and Criticism
Courses taught
- History of US Culture
- 20th-century Drama
- British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults
- Digital Storytelling
- Media Discourse Analysis for MA students
- English for Academic Purposes and Research
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs and studies
- Poštić, S. (2025). The Fool and the Clown in Western Culture and Literature: Homo Insipiens. New York: Routledge. 214 p. ISBN 1041001487
- Poštić, S. (2023). Seven Russian Archetypes: Recurring Types in Russian History and Culture. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. 184 p. ISBN 9781666782257.
- Poštić, S. (2020). Sunovrat ruske kulture 1917-1922 (The Precipitous Fall of Russian Culture 1917-1922). Novi Sad, Serbia: Akademska knjiga. 256 p. ISBN 9788662633224.
- Poštić, S. (2019). Kratka istorija američke kulture, delom uspomene (A Short History of US Culture, Partly Reminiscences). Novi Sad, Serbia: Akademska knjiga. 144 p. ISBN 9788662632708.
- Poštić, S. (2016). Apologija zemaljskog života: Montenj i zaokret k sebi (Apology of Terrestrial Life: Montaigne and the Turn Towards the Self). Novi Sad, Serbia: Akademska knjiga. 187 p. ISBN 9788662631121.
- Poštić, S. (2012). Bahtin i hrišćanstvo. (Bakhtin and Christianity). Novi Sad, Serbia: Akademska knjiga. 135 p. ISBN 9788662630056.
Peer-reviewed articles
- Poštić, S. (2025). “Development of Critical Thinking in Literature Classes.” Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies 17: 167—183. DOI: 10.18485/bells.2025.17.8.
- Poštić, S. (2024). "Development of Critical Thinking in Foreign-Language Teaching and Learning.“ Contemporary Philological Studies. Vol. 1: 459—72. DOI: 10.18485/sfi.2024.1.ch26.
- Poštić, S. (2024). "Lude, budale i klovnovi u Zlim dusima Dostojevskog.“ (Fools, Clowns and Rogues in Dostoevsky’s The Possessed). Zbornik Matice srpske za književnost i jezik 72(1): 79—93. DOI: 10.18485/ms_zmskij.2024.72.1.5.
- Poštić, S., Gaižauskas, K. (2023). "The Effect of Video-Watching in the EFL Classroom.“ Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies 15(1): 89–119. DOI: 10.18485/bells.2023.15.5.
- Ivancu, O., Kriaučiūnienė, R., Poštić, S. (2023). "Implementation of the Critical Thinking Blended Apprenticeship Curricula and Findings per Discipline: Foreign Language Teaching.“ Education Sciences 13(2): 208. DOI: 10.3390/educsci13020208.
- Poštić, S., Kriaučiūnienė, R., Ivancu, O. (2023). "Viewpoints on the Development of Critical Thinking Skills in the Process of Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education and the Labor Market.“ Education Sciences 13(2): 152. DOI: 10.3390/educsci13020152.
- Poštić, S. (2021). "The Meaning of Memory in Bunin and Hippius.“ Literatūra 63(2): 41-53. DOI: 10.15388/Litera.2021.63.2.3.
- Poštić, S. (2021). "The Concept of ’Thrownness’ in Algis Budrys’s Short Story ’Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night’.“ Respectus Philologicus 40 (45): 111-121. DOI: 10.15388/RESPECTUS.2021.40.45.96.
- Poštić, S. (2021). "Tužni klovnovi kao savršen beketovski pseudopar.“ (Sad Clowns as the Perfect Beckettian pseudocouple). Zbornik Matice srpske za scenske umetnosti i muziku 64(1): 41-55.
- Poštić, S. (2020). "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and the Concept of Laughing Through Tears in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot." Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, Vol. 2: 51-65. DOI: 10.18485/bells90.2020.2.ch4.
- Poštić, S. (2020). "Words Related to Time as a Reflection of the Difference between Russian and Anglophone Cultures." Educational, Linguistic, and Media Discourses. Ed. Roma Kriaučiūnienė. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 92-102. ISBN 9781527555501.
- Poštić, S. (2019). "Nature in Montaigne and Emerson." Facta Universitatis; Series: Linguistics and Literature 17(1): 1-9. DOI: 10.22190/FULL1901001P.
- Poštić, S. (2017). "Bahtin i pravoslavna hrišćanska tradicija" (Bakhtin and the Orthodox Christian Tradition). Zbornik Matice srpske za društvene nauke 162: 35-52. DOI: 10.2298/ZMSDN1762285P.
- Rudis, D, Poštić S. (2017). "Influence of Video Games on the Acquisition of the English Language." Verbum 8: 112-128. DOI: 10.15388/Verb.2017.8.11354.
- Poštić, S. (2017). "The Role of Watching American Cartoons in Learning English." Toward Research-based Education: An Edited Collection of Research Studies. Vilnius: University of Educational Sciences: 438-448. ISBN: 9786094711152.
- Jankūnaitė I, Poštić S. (2017). "Russian Syntactic Calques in Lithuanian." Lingvistika Lingvokulturologija 11: 103-124.
- Poštić, S. (2016). "Creation of National Identity in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Njegoš's Mountain Wreath." Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies 8: 219-232. DOI: 10.18485/bells.2016.8.13.
- Poštić, S. (2015). "The 'other' and the 'Other': Christian Origins of Bakhtin's Dialogism." Filolog 12: 108-119. DOI: 10.7251/fil1512109p.
- Poštić, S. (2015). "Influence of Cartoon Network on the Acquisition of American English During Childhood." Verbum 6: 188-195. DOI: 10.15388/Verb.2015.6.8817.
- Poštić, S. (2014) "Michel de Montaigne and the Power of Language." Verbum 5: 156-165. DOI: 10.15388/Verb.2014.5.5005.
- Poštić, S. (2014). "To Act or Not to Act: How Coleridge Changed the Way We See Hamlet." Respectus Philologicus 26: 133-143. DOI: 10.15388/RESPECTUS.2014.26.31.10.
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Projects
- Think4Jobs – Erasmus Plus International Project “Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs” (2020-2023). Researcher. Collaboration between University of Western Macedonia, Greece; Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany; Academia de studii economice din Bucurestia, Romania; Universidade de Evore, Portugal and Vilnus University, Lithuania
Public Lectures
- "Writing a Culture-Related Textbook" Vilnius University, Lithuania, March 5, 2019.
- "Similarities and Differences Between the Languages of the Former Yugoslavia." Vilnius, University, Lithuania. May 12, 2018.
- "How to Become a Polyglot." European Languages Day. Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 22, 2016.
- "Digital Storytelling." Tyrėjų naktis, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 28, 2012