RUSSA 3309 - Advanced Reading

Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: RUSSA 2204 or placement by department.

S. Paperno, V. Tsimberov.

Designed to teach advanced reading and discussion skills. In seminar 101, weekly reading assignments include 20-40 pages of unabridged Russian, fiction or non-fiction. In seminar 102, the weekly assignments are 80-100 pages. Discussion of the reading is conducted entirely in Russian and centered on the content and analysis of the assigned selection.

Seminar 101: For non-native speakers of Russian.
Seminar 102: For native speakers of Russian.

Two meetings per week, to be arranged with instructor. See russian.cornell.edu for TBA arrangements. Discussion of the reading is conducted entirely in Russian. May be taken more than once. Course may be cancelled if enrollment is insufficient.