HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Harlem RENAISSANCE
Corienne Garbison and James Ogletree
Background information
- 1920's Black Cultural movement
- Jazz and Blues music
- Concept of the "New Negro"
- Total upheaval of cultural norms
- Spurred by the Great Migration
Characterizing the Harlem Renaissance was an overt racial pride that came to be represented in the idea of the New Negro, who through intellect and production of literature, art, and music could challenge the pervading racism and stereotypes to promote progressive or socialist politics, and racial and social integration. The creation of art and literature would serve to "uplift" the race.
Langston Hughes
- Born in Missouri 1902
- Poor relationship with father
- As a crewman, traveled in Europe
- Attended Lincoln University
- Began Writing
I, Too
- What does the title mean/imply?
- How does the writers tone characterize the attitude of African Americans?
- What does the writer believe is the future for his race?
Characterizing the Harlem Renaissance was an overt racial pride that came to be represented in the idea of the New Negro, who through intellect and production of literature, art, and music could challenge the pervading racism and stereotypes to promote progressive or socialist politics, and racial and social integration. The creation of art and literature would serve to "uplift" the race.
Harlem
- How does the Writers use of rhetorical devices affect the poem?
- How could a dream deferred "explode"?
- What can the reader infer about Harlem?
1)How does the writers use of rhetorical devices the poem?
-it provokes the reader to think of his or her own dreams and how they might feel if the gave up on theirs.
2)How could a dream defered explode?
-A dream explodes in the form of the civil rights movement, when man acts on his squandered dreams.
3)What can the reader infer about harlem?
-Harlem is where dreams go to die.
-it provokes the reader to think of his or her own dreams and how they might feel if the gave up on theirs.
2)How could a dream defered explode?
-A dream explodes in the form of the civil rights movement, when man acts on his squandered dreams.
3)What can the reader infer about harlem?
-Harlem is where dreams go to die.
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RELEVANT QUESTION
- Why "The Brownskin Chorus"?
- What does the marquee say about racism in Harlem?
- What aspect of the Harlem Renaissance is reflected by the performers on the marquee?
Zora Neale Hurston
- Reared in Eatonville, Florida
- Attended Morgan College
- Undergrad at Howard U
- Left Howard for Bernard
-Eatonville- all black town
-Morgan college- historically black college, lied about her age to get in.
-Howard U- co-founded "The Hilltop", the universities student newspaper
-Left Howard in 1924 an in 1925 was offered a scholarship by Bernard trustee Annie Nathan Meyer to Bernard college.
-Morgan college- historically black college, lied about her age to get in.
-Howard U- co-founded "The Hilltop", the universities student newspaper
-Left Howard in 1924 an in 1925 was offered a scholarship by Bernard trustee Annie Nathan Meyer to Bernard college.
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
- How does Hurston's use of rhetorical devices such as oxymorons and personification affect the piece?
- How do the initial descriptions of men and women differ?
- What is the writer trying to say about judging others?
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