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The Harlem Renaissance: 1920s - 1940s
'The renaissance mainly involved a group of writers and intellectuals associated (often loosely) with Harlem, the district of Manhattan that, during the migration of African Americans from the rural South, became the major center for urbanized blacks.
The Harlem writers… engaged in an intense debate regarding the place of the African American in American life, and on the role and identity of the African-American artist” (1920s-Mid-1930s Harlem Renaissance). |
In this period, all junior English classes will explore one or more literary works by Langston Hughes. |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" -p. 926
Poem: "I, Too" -p. 928
Poem: "Dream Variations" -p. 930
Poem: "Refugee in America" -p. 931
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We will also explore some of these authors and their works: |
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Arna Bontemps- interesting biographical information from the Academy of American Poets.
Modern American Poetry: Arna Bontemps - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" -p. 939
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Countee Cullen- interesting biographical information from the Academy of American Poets.
Modern American Poetry: Countee Cullen - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
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Poem: "From the Dark Tower" -p. 938 |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Excerpt from Autobiography: "Dust Tracks on a Road" -p. 914
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Modern American Poetry: Claude McKay - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism
Claude McKay- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "The Tropics in New York" -p. 932
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "Storm Ending" -p. 940
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