Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.81 GPA, 91.8% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.88 GPA, 94.5% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 85.5% A/AB (n=55 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation I
Survey of 19th-century Russian prose fiction from Pushkin to Chekhov.
Summary
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Historical reviews of David Bethea, Irina Shevelenko: Students must read assigned books and stay current with material to succeed on exams, with additional writing requirements in Comm-B sections.
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Course mapNot open to students with credit forLITTRANS 201
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Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for David Bethea highlight enthusiastic, lively lectures and clear testing expectations, though one notes they can drag on. Irina Shevelenko is knowledgeable but delivers dry, drone-like lectures that students find hard to follow; reading is essential, and the Comm-B section can help with grades. Brad Gordon is praised as a fair and caring TA.
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.
KIRILL OSPOVAT is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 47 / 60 | 0 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 10 / 15 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 15 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 13 / 15 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 15 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of David Bethea: David Bethea teaches with enthusiasm and clarity, making lectures lively and memorable for students who value his engaging style.
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
Historical reviews of David Bethea, Irina Shevelenko: Students must read assigned books and stay current with material to succeed on exams, with additional writing requirements in Comm-B sections.
Historical reviews of David Bethea, Irina Shevelenko: Bethea’s interactive style is praised, while Shevelenko’s dry lectures are described as hard to follow and forgettable.
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Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
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About this estimate
The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.13 GPA average error.
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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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Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation I
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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