Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3485
Email: jbentz@apu.edu
Office Location: Faculty Quad #31
Office Hours: Vary
Joseph Bentz, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Profile
Joseph Bentz, Ph.D., teaches courses in American literature and writing. He is the author of four novels: Song of Fire, A Son Comes Home, Cradle of Dreams, and At Close of Day. His novel A Son Comes Home won the Silver Angel Award, was selected for Guideposts Book Club, and chosen as one of the Top Ten Christian Novels of the Year by Booklist magazine. Bentz's scholarly interests include the American novelist Thomas Wolfe. Bentz serves as the articles editor for The Thomas Wolfe Review, and is also a member of the board of directors of The Thomas Wolfe Society. In 2003 Bentz received the Undergraduate Faculty Outstanding Scholarship Award from Azusa Pacific University.
Education
Ph.D. - 20th century American literature, Purdue University, 1991
M.A. - British and American literature, Purdue University, 1985
B.A. - English Education, Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois, 1983
Journalism Major, Vincennes University, Indiana, 1979-80
M.A. - British and American literature, Purdue University, 1985
B.A. - English Education, Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois, 1983
Journalism Major, Vincennes University, Indiana, 1979-80
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Publications
At Close of Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 2003.
Cradle of Dreams. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 2001.
"The Influence of Modernist Structure in the Short Fiction of Thomas Wolfe." Studies in Short Fiction 31.2 (Spring 1994).
"Wolfe and the Wastelanders: T. S. Eliot’s Influence on The Hound of Darkness." The Thomas Wolfe Review 18.2 (Fall 1994). 1-5.
At Close of Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 2003.
Cradle of Dreams. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 2001.
"The Influence of Modernist Structure in the Short Fiction of Thomas Wolfe." Studies in Short Fiction 31.2 (Spring 1994).
"Wolfe and the Wastelanders: T. S. Eliot’s Influence on The Hound of Darkness." The Thomas Wolfe Review 18.2 (Fall 1994). 1-5.
Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Undergraduate Faculty Outstanding Scholarship Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2003.
2000 Silver Angel Award for the novel, A Son Comes Home
A Son Comes Home named one of the Top Ten Christian Novels of 1999 by Booklist magazine.
Provost Award, Azusa Pacific University, 1998
Zelda Gitlin Literary Prize, 1995
2000 Silver Angel Award for the novel, A Son Comes Home
A Son Comes Home named one of the Top Ten Christian Novels of 1999 by Booklist magazine.
Provost Award, Azusa Pacific University, 1998
Zelda Gitlin Literary Prize, 1995
Expertise
American literature
Fiction
Freelance nonfiction
Thomas Wolfe
Special Interests and Activities
American literature
Freelance nonfiction
Fiction
Freelance nonfiction
Fiction
Courses Taught
Freshman Writing Seminar (ENGL 110)
Introduction to Literature (ENGL 111)
American Literature since 1865 (ENGL 354)
Freelance Magazine Article Writing (ENGL 361)
Composition: Theory and Practice (ENGL 407)
American Novel (ENGL 410)
Significant Authors (ENGL 488)
Introduction to Literature (ENGL 111)
American Literature since 1865 (ENGL 354)
Freelance Magazine Article Writing (ENGL 361)
Composition: Theory and Practice (ENGL 407)
American Novel (ENGL 410)
Significant Authors (ENGL 488)
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