Spring 2027

Topics in Slavic Literatures in Translation

Explores periods, genres, writers, and themes in Russian and Eastern European literature within Slavic literatures in translation.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Oksana Stoychuk4.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Kirill Ospovat

Students reported that timed quizzes and tests were stressful, though they found the material manageable if they completed the readings.

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Prerequisites

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LITTRANS 247

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 7 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KIRILL OSPOVAT is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

OKSANA STOYCHUK is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Kirill Ospovat

Previous students described the class as passionate but unstructured, with lectures that were difficult to take notes on.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.64 GPA, 87.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Kirill Ospovat

Students reported that timed quizzes and tests were stressful, though they found the material manageable if they completed the readings.

Past student reviews · Kirill Ospovat

One student found the lecture format so passive that they often fell asleep after checking attendance, noting a lack of active involvement.

Topics

  • Russian and Eastern European literature
  • Literary periods, genres, and themes

Skills

  • Explore literary periods, genres, writers, themes, and problems in Russian and Eastern European literature.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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LITTRANS 247 · Spring 2027

Topics in Slavic Literatures in Translation

Recorded 2026-10-14
LITTRANS 247 · Spring 2027

Women vs Power

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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