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ENGL230
Harlem Renaissance
ENGL230 FA
Crosslistings: AMST228, WMST226, AFAM233
Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 33 33 0
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 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 James Weldon Johnson and others.
Contemporary views from David Levering Lewis, Jervis
Anderson and Maureen Honey will also be included.
MAJOR READINGS
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, Zora Neale
Hurston
THE WAYS OF WHITE FOLKS, Langston Hughes
THE NEW NEGRO, Alain Locke
SHADOW DREAMS, Maureen Honey
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
3 papers, 1 final exam
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
This course counts toward the English Department's
Historicity requirement.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Pemberton, G
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 3, Jr: 2, So: 1, Fr: 0
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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