ENGL 287 - Lit in Context:Harlem Renaissance

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Trinity College

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Spanning the decade of the 1920's, the Harlem Renaissance was a movement of profound African American creative expression. This course approaches the Harlem Renaissance through its contradictions and conflicts, examining the way that differing aesthetic, political, and generational perspectives shaped the movement as a whole. One project in this class will focus on the journals and magazines of the time-Crisis, Opportunity, and Fire!!, to name a few-to investigate the cultural contexts that shaped the literature we will read. Other texts may include James Weldon Johnson's BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY, Alain Locke's THE NEW NEGRO, poetry by Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes, Jessie Fauset's PLUM BUN, Nella Larsen's PASSING, and Jean Toomer's CANE. 1.00 units, Lecture

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3.00

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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

Calendar System:

Semester

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