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Academic Year 2003/2004


Harlem Renaissance
AFAM 233 SP

Crosslistings:
AMST 228
WMST 226
ENGL 230

The course will study the literature, politics and art of the Harlem Renaissance--roughly a period from 1915-1940. This was a time when African American writers, artists, philosophers, activists and musicians, congregating in New York City's Harlem, sought to define African American culture. The era has most frequently been thought of as a 1920s-only phenomenon, and many have suggested that it was less a "renaissance" than a first flowering of a collective artistic spirit. We will energetically take on the debate. Readings include works by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, W.E.B. DuBois, and others. Contemporary views from Steven Watson, Ann Douglas, and Jervis Anderson will also be included.

MAJOR READINGS

Zora Neale Hurston, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Alain Locke, THE NEW NEGRO

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

3 papers, 1 final exam

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004


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