RUSSA 3306

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RUSSA 3306
Creative Writing for Heritage Speakers

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

Creative writing for heritage speakers of Russian. Writing short (one page for each class) texts in Russian in a variety of genres: personal letters, blog entries, news articles, technical descriptions, official documents, short stories, and the like. Two meetings per week if taken for 2 credits hours. An optional third weekly meeting when taken for 3 credit hours has short reading assignments from contemporary literary and non-literary texts. The course is a continuation of RUSSA 3305 but may also be taken by qualified students who have not completed RUSSA 3305. Issues of style and grammar are discussed in every class. The course is primarily for students who learned to speak Russian at home, but students with other backgrounds may be eligible as well. Detailed description at russian.cornell.edu.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: RUSSA 3305 or placement by department.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1 (when taken for 3 credits).

Comments Class meeting times will be chosen at the organizational meeting (usually the second or third day of the semester) so as to accommodate as many students as possible. The time and place of the organizational meeting will be announced at russian.cornell.edu.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7075 RUSSA 3306   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisite: Placement by department. see http://Russian.cornell.edu for TBA arrangements.