Soviet Life and Culture Through Literature and Art (from 1917)
Examines postrevolutionary Russian and Soviet visual arts, architecture, music, and cinema to understand life under socialism.
Summary
Historical reviews of Galina Lapina, Jennifer Tishler: Lapina’s course requires reading and papers but is considered easy for non-majors, whereas Tishler demands weekly reading and significant effort to succeed.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Galina Lapina: Galina Lapina was a passionate and friendly instructor with authentic Soviet background knowledge. Reviews describe her as helpful and generally lenient, though one student noted she preferred agreement in papers and was hard to contact. Doing the reading was essential for success under her instruction.
GALINA LAPINA is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JENNIFER TISHLER is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. 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 Galina Lapina: Galina Lapina is described as a passionate and friendly teacher who makes the class engaging, while Jennifer Tishler is viewed as nice but teaches with advanced-level rigor and strict attendance policies.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.88 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.80 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Galina Lapina, Jennifer Tishler: Lapina’s course requires reading and papers but is considered easy for non-majors, whereas Tishler demands weekly reading and significant effort to succeed.
Historical reviews of Galina Lapina, Jennifer Tishler: Lapina is an authentic source but hard to contact, while Tishler’s strict no-electronics policy and high rigor are frustrating for students.
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