ENGL 234 - Renaissance in America

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Trinity College

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In the most general terms, a "renaissance" refers to a flowering of creative activity, a revival and revision of "classical" texts and themes, and a period of optimism regarding human potential. This course will focus on the 19th century "American Renaissance" and the "Harlem" or "New Negro" Renaissance of the 20th century, as well as several larger aesthetic, cultural, and political questions. These include: how, why and by whom is the definition of "classical" applied By what means and to what ends are "old" artistic forms made "new" What social, political, and artistic conditions define the cultural climate before, during and after a renaissance Texts will include prose, poetry, and short fiction by Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Chesnutt, DuBois, Schomburg, Locke, McKay, Toomer, Cullen, Hughes, and Hurston. We will also use the collections of The Wadsworth Atheneum to view key examples in the visual arts. 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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