English 434 - The Harlem Renaissance

Institution:

Colgate University

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P. Richards, M. Stephens An examination of the Harlem Renaissance as a literary period extending from the end of World War I to the beginning of the 1930s. Works studied include the manifestos of cultural promoters such as W.E.B. DuBois and Alain Locke as well as the art of Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston. Attention is given not only to the literary innovations of these figures but to the social ethos of their work. (Post-1800 course.)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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