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Academic Year 2004/2005

Harlem Renaissance
ENGL 230 SP

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

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Pemberton,Gayle    

Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM;     Location: FISK210;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 50)

SR. major: 5   Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 17   SO: 18   FR: 0

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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