Afro-American Studies 234 - Lit. Harlem Renaissance
Fall
2024
01
4.00
Bianki Torres
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
37288
New Africa House Room 21
bjtorres@umass.edu
Survey of AfricanAmerican literature of the 1920s: fiction, poetry, essays, folklore. Through the eyes and ideas of the writers, time, place, and socio historical and political contexts of 1920s revealed. Themes include: Harlem as symbol; identity of New Negro; and role and responsibility of black writers, male and female. (Gen.Ed. AL, DU)