Spring 2027

Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation I

Examines the era of 19th-century Russian prose fiction, roughly 1830-1900, from Aleksandr Pushkin to Anton Chekhov. More writing intensive thanLITTRANS 201.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · David Bethea, Irina Shevelenko

The course required reading the assigned books and staying on top of the material to succeed. Students noted a fair amount of reading, though plot summaries were available online to support study.

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students with credit forLITTRANS 201

    • credit forLITTRANS 201
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LITTRANS 203

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DAVID BETHEA is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

IRINA SHEVELENKO is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · David Bethea

Students described the course as engaging and lively, with instructors who presented information clearly and made the material interesting. Lectures were often humorous and encouraged active participation from the audience.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.75 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 80.6% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 85.5% A/AB (n=55 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · David Bethea, Irina Shevelenko

The course required reading the assigned books and staying on top of the material to succeed. Students noted a fair amount of reading, though plot summaries were available online to support study.

Past student reviews · Irina Shevelenko

Some students found the lectures boring or difficult to follow, leading to frustration. However, others appreciated the opportunity to fulfill literature and communication credits simultaneously through specific section choices.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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