Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson

Associate Professor of Spanish, German, and Comparative Literature,
School of International Letters and Cultures
  • cdjohnson@asu.edu
  • Languages and Literatures Bldg 851 S Cady Mall PO Box 870202 Tempe, AZ 85287
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Christopher D. Johnson's teaching and research interests range widely, but mainly focus on the literatures and cultures of early modern Spain, Germany, England, and the Americas. Central to his scholarship and teaching are the theories and practices of comparative literature, including translation studies and comparative arts. He previously taught at Harvard University, University of California Los Angeles, Northwestern University, and was a research associate at the Warburg Institute, London. Author of "Memory, Metaphor, and Aby Warburg’s Atlas of Images" (2012) and "Hyperboles: The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought" (2010), he also translated and edited "Selected Poetry of Francisco de Quevedo" (2009). In 2015, he was a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. Currently, he is working on a book for Princeton University Press, whose working title is "Baroque Expression: On Seventeenth-Century Literature, Art, and Thought."

Education

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, New York University

Publications

Memory, Metaphor, and Aby Warburg’s Atlas of Images (2012)

Hyperboles: The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought (2010),

Translated and edited Selected Poetry of Francisco de Quevedo (2009)

Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 592 Research
SPA 590 Reading and Conference
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 792 Research
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 493 Honors Thesis
SLC 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 799 Dissertation
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 792 Research
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 795 Continuing Registration
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SPA 592 Research
SPA 590 Reading and Conference
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 492 Honors Directed Study
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 799 Dissertation
2024 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SPA 590 Reading and Conference
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 493 Honors Thesis
SLC 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 799 Dissertation
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 792 Research
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 795 Continuing Registration
SLC 494 Special Topics
SLC 598 Special Topics
HON 494 Special Topics
GER 494 Special Topics
SPA 598 Special Topics
PHI 494 Special Topics
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SPA 592 Research
SPA 590 Reading and Conference
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 492 Honors Directed Study
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 551 Global Approaches to Trans
SLC 202 Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor
SLC 799 Dissertation
SLC 494 Special Topics
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 792 Research
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SPA 592 Research
SPA 590 Reading and Conference
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 493 Honors Thesis
SLC 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 602 Comparative Cultural Theory
SLC 799 Dissertation
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 792 Research
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 795 Continuing Registration
SLC 494 Special Topics
SLC 598 Special Topics
HON 494 Special Topics
GER 494 Special Topics
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SPA 592 Research
SPA 590 Reading and Conference
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 492 Honors Directed Study
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 799 Dissertation
SLC 598 Special Topics
SPA 425 Understanding Spain: Lit&Cultr
SPA 598 Special Topics
SPA 598 Special Topics
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SPA 792 Research
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 595 Continuing Registration
SPA 795 Continuing Registration
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SPA 792 Research
SPA 799 Dissertation
SLC 493 Honors Thesis
SLC 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 545 Concepts of Literary Criticism
SLC 799 Dissertation
SLC 590 Reading and Conference
SLC 792 Research
SPA 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 795 Continuing Registration
SPA 545 Concepts of Literary Criticism
GER 494 Special Topics
SLC 494 Special Topics
ENG 494 Special Topics
HON 494 Special Topics
PHI 494 Special Topics
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SLC 492 Honors Directed Study
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 202 Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor
SLC 799 Dissertation
SPA 425 Understanding Spain: Lit&Cultr
SPA 598 Special Topics
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SLC 493 Honors Thesis
SLC 790 Reading and Conference
SLC 593 Applied Project
GER 421 German Lit Survey, 800-1800
SLC 799 Dissertation
SPA 598 Special Topics
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SLC 492 Honors Directed Study
SLC 593 Applied Project
SLC 551 Global Approaches to Trans
SPA 325 Intro to Hispanic Literature
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SLC 790 Reading and Conference
ENG 494 Special Topics
GER 494 Special Topics
SLC 494 Special Topics
SPA 598 Special Topics
SLC 598 Special Topics
PHI 494 Special Topics
HON 494 Special Topics
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SLC 551 Global Approaches to Trans
SLC 202 Literary & Cultural Theory
SLC 202 Literary & Cultural Theory
Expertise Areas
Comparative Literature
German and English Literature
Spanish Literature
Translation Studies
17th Century Literature
Literary Translation
Early Modern Literature
Critical Theory
Intellectual History
Poetics
Transatlantic Studies
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