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
Mail code: 0202

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

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 799	Dissertation
SLC 493	Honors Thesis
SLC 790	Reading and Conference
SLC 593	Applied Project
SLC 799	Dissertation
SLC 590	Reading and Conference
SPA 790	Reading and Conference
SLC 795	Continuing Registration
SLC 792	Research
SPA 792	Research

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

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