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RUS-3304: Survey of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature in Translation

Description: Masterpieces of Russian fiction and poetry written between 1815 and 1881. Romantic poetry of the early nineteenth century and traces the beginnings of Russian prose from early short stories to the rise of the novel as the dominant literary form in the second half of the century. History and politics to theological and philosophical issues in various works. Methods, terminology and practice of literary analysis. Taught in English.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL-1106 or ENGL-1204H

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.58 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 45.30%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.83%

Trevor T Wilson202380.1%19.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.822
Robert O Efird201760.9%33.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.513
Shoshana M Knapp202066.7%19.9%6.6%0.0%0.0%6.7%3.541
Kirsten Rutsala202153.5%46.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.492

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