AMER 323 - The Harlem Renaissance

Institution:

Saint Norbert College

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Description:

This course examines the flowering of culture - in the areas of literature, music, dance and art - which took place predominantly during the 1920's for black Americans located in Harlem New York, a movement that has become known as the Harlem Renaissance. The course places this cultural renaissance, or rebirth, within the historical contexts out of which it grew: the modernizing America in a post-WWI era, the rise of jazz and the blues and the Great Migration, among other factors. Some of the writers, intellectuals, visual and performing artists might include Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Nella Larsen, Claude McKay, Alain Locke, Helene Johnson, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Duke Ellington. Alternate years.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.snc.edu

Phone Number:

(920) 337-3181

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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