Spring 2027

Advanced Readings in Russian Literature & Culture

Advanced readings in Russian literature and culture focusing on developing reading, writing, and speaking skills while interpreting texts in their historical and cultural context.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sara Karpukhin

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss a variety of texts from Russian literature and on Russian culture using advanced skills in Russian speaking and listening.

  • Critique and evaluate films, excerpts from films, and other relevant videos related to the texts assigned for this class using advanced Russian language skills.

  • Analyze and interpret literary and culturally salient texts in themselves and in their historical and cultural context.

  • Write analytical texts on the assigned materials and their historical and cultural context using advanced skills in Russian reading and writing.

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Prerequisites

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SLAVIC 321

SLAVIC 465

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Russian Literature
  • Russian Culture
  • Russian Language Skills

Skills

  • Reading, writing, and speaking skills in Russian
  • Interpretation of texts in historical and cultural context
  • Critique and evaluation of films and videos

Grades

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SLAVIC 465 · Spring 2027

Advanced Readings in Russian Literature & Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
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