Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation II
Survey of 19th and 20th century Russian literature in translation, focusing on prose fiction from Chekhov onwards.
Summary
Historical reviews of Andrew Reynolds, Irina Shevelenko: Workload involves stable reading amounts of 60-70 pages per class, tons of readings, and varying assignments including one paper and two exams or up to three papers and three exams.
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Course mapNot open to students with credit forLITTRANS 204
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Irina Shevelenko: Irina Shevelenko is knowledgeable and engaging, with fun lectures and clear exam expectations for students who complete the readings. Conversely, one reviewer found her content disappointing and lectures useless, noting challenges with Russian names and a heavier assignment load.
ANDREW REYNOLDS is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
IRINA SHEVELENKO is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Historical reviews of Andrew Reynolds, Irina Shevelenko: Irina Shevelenko’s course is described as either perfect and engaging or disappointing due to content and useless lectures. Andrew Reynolds is characterized as knowledgeable but delivering dreadful, rambling lectures without slides.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.28 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.97 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Andrew Reynolds, Irina Shevelenko: Workload involves stable reading amounts of 60-70 pages per class, tons of readings, and varying assignments including one paper and two exams or up to three papers and three exams.
Historical reviews of Andrew Reynolds: Students report that Andrew Reynolds provides good insight and lenient grading but is late with feedback and delivers boring lectures.
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