Christopher Johnson
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Languages and Literatures Bldg 851 S Cady Mall PO Box 870202 Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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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."
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, New York University
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 |