Literature 3011 - The Harlem Renaissance

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

American Studies, GSS, SRE This course examines the "rebirth" of AfricanAmerican artistic expression that took place in the 1920s and 1930s. Students focus primarily on the literature (poetry, prose fiction) and nonfiction essays that responded to and influenced the literature. Literary works are considered in their sociocultural context and relationship to the music and visual art of the period. The course has two goals: to chronicle the birth of a national consciousness that spawned the larger New Negro Movement and to note the specific role Harlem played in the artistic renaissance. Authors studied include Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, and Sterling Brown. Students draw on the critical voices of David Levering Lewis, Gloria Hull, and Houston Baker, in order to explore the meaning of race and gender during the period.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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