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Jonathan Enfield


Lecturer

Contact Information
Office: JEF 150
Phone: (213)740-1980
E-mail: enfield@usc.edu

 

Biographical Sketch

Jonathan Enfield received his B.A. in English from the University of Virginia (Charlottesville), his M.Phil. in Creative Writing from Trinity College–Dublin, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. He has published academic work, creative writing, and journalistic pieces. He teaches for the USC Writing Program.

Education

  • B.A. English, University of Virginia, 5/1997
  • M.F.A. Creative Writing (Fiction), Trinity College, Dublin, 9/2000
  • Ph.D. English (American Literature 1865-1950), University of Chicago, 6/2005

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

  • Lecturer in the Writing Program, University of Southern California, 8/2007-  

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Jon Enfield's academic research interests include American literature 1865-1950, American cinema, and narrative theory. He also writes fiction.

Publications

Journal Article
  • Enfield, J. (2008). "‘A True Picture of Facts’: Cinematic Realism in Dreiser's An American Tragedy.". Arizona Quarterly.
  • Enfield, J. (2007). "‘As the Fashion in Books Shifted’: The Beautiful and Damned as Arc Light Fiction.". Modernism/modernity. Vol. 14 (4), pp. 669-685.
Short Story
  • Enfield, J. (2009). BioticaKF. (Bradford Morrow and Brian Evenson, Ed.). pp. 97-109. Conjunctions.