Harlem Renaissance

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Read major texts of the Harlem Renaissance and explore issues of race, gender, sexuality, migration, & diaspora that shaped this formative moment in twentieth century literature. We will read poetry, fiction, essays, and plays by W. E. B. DuBois, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Claude McKay, and others, situating their work in the context of developments in modern art, music, sociology, psychology, and print culture. Satisfies the Diversity requirement of the English major. Satisfies a requirement in the Africana Studies major (Geographic Area: North America). Satisfies a requirement in the Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor Satisfies a requirement in the Global Literary Theory interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies the LTRQ Ways of Knowing requirement. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.