LITR 221 AMU Week 5 American Literature from Civil War to Present assistance is available on Domyclass.
This week we will be looking at a small but powerful movement that spun out of the Modernist era. The Jazz Age, or the “Roaring Twenties” features Modernist fixtures like F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose The Great Gatsby captured the hard partying, flashy, glamorous, but morally shaky time between WWI and The Great Depression. The Harlem Renaissance was a flashpoint for Jazz Age African-American musicians, writers, and poets to convene, inspire, and support each other.
Students will be able to:
Analyze various works of the Harlem Renaissance applying multiple ‘Ways of Reading’
In this lesson, we will discuss:
Key figures of the Harlem Renaissance
Using New Historicism to enrich understanding of literature
The following activities and assessments need to be completed this week:
Reading:
American Modernism (1910-1945) Chapter 4: The Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes: Author Bio
Langston Hughes:
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
“Mother to Son”
“I, To”
“Harlem”
Countee Cullen: Author Bio
Countee Cullen: “Yet Do I Marvel”
Zora Neale Hurston: Author Bio
Zora Neale Hurston: “Spunk”
Week 5 Forum
Reading & Resources
Readings:
American Modernism (1910-1945) Chapter 4: The Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes: Author Bio
Langston Hughes:
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
“Mother to Son”
“I, To”
“Harlem”
Countee Cullen: Author Bio
Countee Cullen: “Yet Do I Marvel”
Zora Neale Hurston: Author Bio
Zora Neale Hurston: “Spunk”
This week we will be looking at a small but powerful movement that spun out of the Modernist era. You may have heard of the infamous decade, often referred to as “The Jazz Age” or the “Roaring Twenties.” This era features Modernist fixtures like F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose novel, The Great Gatsby, captured the hard partying, flashy, glamorous, but morally shaky time between WWI and the Great Depression. Like its name suggests, the Roaring 20s was roughly from 1920-1929, before the depression came about. The Harlem Renaissance, which was embedded in the Roaring 20s, was a flashpoint for Jazz Age African American musicians, writers, and poets to convene, inspire, and support each other. Some famous Jazz Age artists, novelists, and musicians include Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, and Louis Armstrong.
Topics covered in this lesson include:
The Harlem Renaissance
New Historicism
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Zora Neale Hurston
This resource/study guide is an lesson from class LITR 221 American Literature from Civil War to Present
