John Griffith

Associate Professor Emeritus

John Griffith

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Fields of Interest

American Bible Studies Literature

Biography

B.A., University of New Mexico, 1962

Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1969

Areas of Specialization

American Literature

Activities and Interests

I read generally in scholarship on American Literature and the Bible.

Research

Selected Research

John Griffith. “Franklin’s Sanity and the Man behind the Masks.” The Oldest Revolutionary: Essays on Benjamin Franklin. J. A. Leo Lemay, ed.. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1976.
John Griffith. “Rectitude in Hemingway’s Fiction: How Rite Makes Right.” Hemingway In Our Time. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Brown, eds. Oregon State University Press. 1974, 159-174.
John Griffith. “James’s ‘The Pupil’ as Whodunit: The Question of Moral Responsibility.” Studies in Short Fiction 9, 3 (Summer 1972), 257-268.

Courses Taught

Spring 2024

ENGL 310 A: The Bible as Literature

Winter 2024

ENGL 354 A: American Literature: Early Twentieth Century

Autumn 2023

Summer 2023

ENGL 310 A: The Bible as Literature

Spring 2023

ENGL 250 A: American Literature

Winter 2023

ENGL 354 A: American Literature: Early Twentieth Century

Autumn 2022

Summer 2022

ENGL 310 A: The Bible as Literature

Spring 2022

ENGL 353 A: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century

Winter 2022

Autumn 2021

ENGL 352 A: American Literature: The Early Nation

Summer 2021

ENGL 310 A: The Bible as Literature

Spring 2021

Winter 2021

Affiliations

Home Department

Related News

Related News

Retirements / John Griffith, Rick Kenney, and Henry Laufenberg (October 10, 2024)
Faculty and Staff Notes (January 6, 2020)

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