Apr 18, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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RUS 4441 - Stylistics


Advanced writing and stylistic analysis. Practice in a variety of nonfiction prose techniques.

Requisites: RUS 3120
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Analyzes texts understanding the difference between various styles: literary, journalistic, colloquial, business style etc.
  • Applies various syntactic and lexical devices. Uses synonyms instead of repetition of key words, understands idiomatic expressions.
  • Demonstrates flexibility to vary his/her writing style according to different tasks, contexts, and situations.
  • The successful student is able to converse on different stylistic levels, with varying degrees of formality, according to the rules of speech etiquette of the target language.



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