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Dept. of Slavic Langs & Lits • 3040 Modern Languages Building • The University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275 • (734) 764-5355
maiorova@umich.edu

1983 Ph.D. Russian Language and Literature, Moscow State University.
1980 M.A. Russian Languages and Literatures, Moscow State University.

Advising
Olga Maiorova is the Graduate Student Advisor.

Courses
She joined the Department in September 2001 as Assistant Professor of 19th-century Russian literature.

Why You Should Study Russian Literature (PowerPoint)

Typical Winter courses:
• Survey of Russian Literature 1870-1900: Rus 348/RC HU348
[syllabus] [flier] [LSA course guide]

• Leo Tolstoy: The Man and His Art: Rus 464/857 [syllabus] [flier] [LSA course guide]

Past courses include:
• Russian Culture and Society: Rus 231 [syllabus]
• Survey of Russian Literature 1820-1860: Rus 347/RC HU347
• Russian Culture and Ideology: Rus 477 [syllabus]
• Russian Seminar: Rus 499
• Conversational Russian: Rus 402

 

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Research/Publications
Olga Maiorova is an accomplished scholar. Her area of expertise is Russian literature of the second half of the 19th century; the intersections between literature, intellectual history, and representations of nationality in nineteenth century Russia. Her extensive research on Nikolai Leskov, including editorship of two volumes of his previously unpublished writings, stands out. The author of some sixty scholarly articles, published in the most prestigious journals in Russia and the USA.

Edited Books:

Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Poeziia. Dramaturgiia. Proza [Poetry. Drama. Prose]. Editing, introduction and commentaries by Ol’ga Maiorova. Moscow: Slovo, 2001, 616 p.  [Introduction: “‘Sluzha tainstvennoi otchizne…’.  Literaturnaia sud’ba A.K.Tolstogo” [Serving a mysterious fatherland: A. K. Tolstoi’s literary fate], 5-15; commentaries, 587-610]. Second edition in 2008.

A.F.Pisemskii, Tysiacha dush [A thousand souls] D.V.Grigorovich, Anton-Goremyka. Editing, introduction and commentaries by Ol’ga Maiorova. Moscow: Slovo, 2001, 552 p. [Introduction:  “Predreformennaia Rossia pod perom dvukh pisatelei-sovremennikov” [Pre-reform Russian under the pen of two contemporary writers], 5-18; commentaries, 541-549]. Second edition in 2008.

Neizdannyi Leskov [Unpublished Leskov], Volume 101, ed. by Kseniia Bogaevskaia, Olga Maiorova, and Liia Rozenblium. Book 1, Moscow: Nasledie, 1997, 654 p. Book 2, Moscow: Nasledie,  2000, 569 p. (Literaturnoe nasledstvo, Volume 101)

Nikolai Leskov. Povesti i rasskazy [Narratives and Stories]. Editing, introduction and commentaries by Ol’ga Maiorova. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1990, 527 p. [Introduction: “Sud’ba ‘nezagadochnogo’ pisatelia” [The fate of an “un-enigmatic” writer], 5-16; commentaries, 492-526].

Selected Articles:

"Obraz natsii i imperii v vernopoddanneishikh pis'makh k tsariu (1863-1864)," ["Representation of nation and empire in addresses to the tsar (1863-1864)], in I vriemia, i mesto: Istoriko-filologicheskii sbornik k shestidesiatiletiiu A.L.Ospovata (Moscow: Novoe izdatel'stvo, 2008): 357-369.

“Searching for a New Language of Collective Self: The Symbolism of Russian National Belonging During and After the Crimean War,” in Ab Imperio: Studies of New Imperial History and Nationalism in the Post-Soviet Space, no. 4 (2006): 187-224.

“Eurasianism,” in Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 2 (Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006): 771-776.

“Genèse et poétique de la chronique de Leskov "Le Clergé de la collégiale," in Nikolaï Leskov, "Les Dossiers H", Editions L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne, 2006: 179-193.

“Die Schlüsselrolle der “deutschen Frage” in der russischen patriotischen Presse der 1860er Jahre,” in Mechthild Kellér, Maria Klassen und Karl-Heinz Korn (ed.), West-östliche Spiegelungen. Deutsche und Deutschland aus russischer Sicht, 19/20. Jahrhundert Bd.4 (2006).Von den Reformen Alexanders II. bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg: 81-102

“Eisen, Krieg und Glaubenstoleranz: Das deutsche Thema bei Nikolaj Leskov,” in Mechthild Kellér, Maria Klassen und Karl-Heinz Korn (ed.), West-östliche Spiegelungen. Deutsche und Deutschland aus russischer Sicht, 19/20. Jahrhundert Bd.4 (2006). Von den Reformen Alexanders II. bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg: 435-459

“War as Peace: The Trope of War in Russian Nationalist Discourse during the Polish Uprising of 1863,” in Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History vol.6, no. 3 (Summer 2005): 501-534.

"’A horrid dream did burden us…’ (1863): Connecting Tiutchev's Imagery with the Political Rhetoric of His Era,” in Russian Literature LVII - I/II (2005): 103-124 

“Politicheskii podtekst sporov vokrug prazdnovaniia tysiacheletiia Rossii” [The political subtext of the debates on the celebration of Russia’s millennium]. In Tynianovskii sbornik, ed. by M. Chudakova, E. Toddes, Iu. Tsivian. Vol. 11. Moscow: OGI, 2002: 318-332.

“Slavianskii s’’ezd 1867 goda: Metaforika torzhestva”[The Slavic congress in 1867: the metaphors of the commemoration]. Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. No. 51 (2001): 89 – 110.

“L’échec d’un nationalisme civique russe” [The defeat of Russian civic nationalism]. Romantisme. Revue du dix-neuvième siècle. L’expérience du relatif. Littératures – Arts – Sciences –Histoire. No. 114 (2001): 71 – 78.

“Iz istorii reformatorstva v Rossii” [From the History of Political Reforms in Russia]. Neprikosnovennyi zapas (Moscow). 2001, no.  3[17]:  41 – 45.

“Bessmertnyi Riurik. Prazdnovanie tysiacheletiia Rossii v 1862 godu” [Immortal Rurik: Russia’s millennium celebration in 1862]. Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. No. 43 (2000): 137-165.

“Leskov v suvorinskom ‘Novom vremeni’ (1876-1880)” [Leskov in Suvorin’s newspaper ‘New Times’ (1876-1889)]. In Neizdannyi Leskov, Book 2, Moscow: Nasledie,  2000: 161-203 (Literaturnoe nasledstvo, Volume 101) [Article, 161-181;  publication and commentaries, 182-203].

“Tsarevich-samozvanets v sotsial’noi mifologii poreformennoi epokhi” [“Tsarevich-pretender in the social mythology of post-reform Russia”]. Rossia-Russia: kul’turnye praktiki v ideologicheskoi perspektive 3 (11) (1999), Moscow-Venice, p. 204-232.

“Nikolai Leskov: Struktura etno-konfessional’nogo prostranstva” [Nikolai Leskov: structure of the ethno-confessional space”]. In Tynianovskii sbornik, ed. by M. Chudakova, E. Toddes, Y. Tsivian. Vol. 10. Moscow, 1998: 118-138.

“Mitropolit Moskovskii Filaret v obshchestvennom soznanii kontsa 19 veka” [Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, in the social consciousness at the end of the 19th century”]. In Lotmanovskii sbornik, Volume 2. Moscow: OGI, Izd. RGGU, 1997: 615-638.

“’Bozhedomy. Povest’ let vremennykh’. Rukopisnaia redaktsiia khroniki ‘Soboriane’ [Bozhedomy. A tale of years gone by. The manuscript edition of the chronicle “Cathedral folk”]. In Neizdannyi Leskov,  Book 1, Moscow: Nasledie,  1997 [Introduction, 21-49. Publication of text, 53-223] (Literaturnoe nasledstvo, Volume 101) (with co-author).  

“’Ia zhivu postoianno v ramkakh…’: O kul’turno-psikhologicheskoi podpochve politicheskoi kontseptsii K. P. Pobedonostseva“ [I live within permanent bounds…: on the cultural and psychological underpinnings of K. P. Pobedonostsev's political conception]. In Kazan, Moscow, St.Petersburg. Multiple Faces of the Russian Empire. Moscow: OGI, 1997: 167-187.

“Iz vospominanii K. N. Leont’eva”. Vstupitel’naia stat’ia, publikatsiia  i kommentarii [“Konstantin Leontiev's Memoirs”. Introduction, publication, commentaries]. In Litsa: biograficheskii al’manakh. Vol. 6. Moscow-St. Petersburg. 1995: 453-472.

”Memuary kak forma avtorefleksii: K istorii neosushchestvlennogo zamysla Konstantina Leontieva” [Memoirs as a form of reflection on oneself. Towards the history of an unrealized idea of Konstantin Leont’ev]. In Litsa: biograficheskii al’manakh. Vol. 6. Moscow-St. Petersburg, 1995: 69-84.

“ ‘Filosof zhizni’ ili moskovskii petimetr” [“A philosopher of life or a Moscow petit-maitre]. In Litsa: biograficheskii al’manakh. Vol. 4. Moscow-St. Petersburg. 1994. 

“‘…Pishu ia tol’ko dlia vas’: Pis’ma K.P.Pobedonostseva k sestram Tiutchevym”. Publikatsia, vstupitel’naia statia, kommentarii [‘...I Am  Writing Only For You’: Konstantin Pobedonostsev's correspondence with Anna and Ekaterina Tiutchev”]. Novyi mir, 1994, no. 3: 195-223.

“Neponiatnoe u N.S. Leskova: O funktsii mistifitsirovannykh tsitat” [The incomprehensible in Leskov. On the function of made-up quotations]. Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. No. 6 (1994): 59-66.

“Prosta, iziashchna, chista…”: O malen’koi povesti N.S.Leskova “Zapechatlennyi angel” [Simple, exquisite, pure...: On Leskov’s minor tale ’The sealed angel’], Literatura, 1994, no 2.

“K istorii pozhiznennogo dialoga: Iz perepiski N. S. Leskova s A. S. Suvorinym” [Towards a history of a lifelong dialogue: from Nikolai Leskov's correspondence with Aleksei Suvorin]. Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. No. 4 (1993): 78-100.

“Nikolai Leskov. Neotsenennye uslugi. Otryvki iz vospominanii”. Publikatsia, vstupitel’naia statia, kommentarii [Nikolai Leskov. Unappreciated services. Fragments from memoirs. Publication, introduction, commentaries]. Znamia. 1992, no 1: 155-179.

“Konstantin Pobedonostsev v pis’makh k druziam” [Konstantin Pobedonostsev in his correspondence with his friends]. Voprosy literatury. 1988, no. 4.

“’Ottochiia v uglovykh skobkakh…’: O poslednikh izdaniiakh Sergeia Maksimova” [About some latest editions of Sergei Maksimov's writings]. Novyi mir. 1988, no. 5.

“Rasskaz N. S. Leskova ‘Nesmertel’nyi Golovan’ i russkaia agiograficheskaia traditsiia” [Nikolai Leskov's story ‘Deathless Golovan’ and Russian hagiographic tradition], Russkaia literatura. 1987, no 3.

“Pis’ma N. S. Leskova k Viktoru Gol’tsevu” [Nikolai Leskov's letters to Victor Gol’tsev]. Voprosy literatury. 1987, no 1 [publication].

“Igra slovom u N.S.Leskova: Chudo v rasskaze ‘Na kraiu sveta’” [Leskov’s wordplay: Miracle in the tale “At the edge of the world”]. Russkaia rech’. 1986, no. 1: 27-32.

“Pervyi sbornik rasskazov A.P.Chekhova ‘Skazki Mel’pomeny’: 100 let izdaniiu” [Chekhov’s first collection of stories ‘Tales of Melpomene’: 100^th anniversary of the edition]. In Pamiatnye knizhnye daty-1984. Moscow: Kniga, 1984: 117-119.

“Literaturnye paralleli k obrazy cherta v ‘Bratiakh Karamazovykh’” [Literary parallels to the image of the devil in Dostoevsky's ‘The Brothers Karamazov’]. In Russkaia literatura 1870-1890. Problema kharaktera. Sbornik nauchnykh trudov. Sverdlovsk. 1983: 89-96.

“Leskovskaia kontseptsiia pravednichestva” [Leskov's notion of righteousness]. In V mire Leskova. Moscow: Sovetskii pisatel’, 1983: 196-232 (with co-author).

                        Review: A. A. Nosov, Novyi mir, 1984, no. 10: 263-264.

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