English 282 Harlem Renaissance

MW 1:10-2:30

Daphne Lamothe

A study of one of the first cohesive cultural movements in African-American history.  This class will focus on developments in politics, and civil rights (NAACP, Urban League, UNIA), creative arts (poetry, prose, painting, sculpture) and urban sociology (modernity, the rise of cities).  Writers and subjects will include:  Zora Neale Hurston, David Levering Lewis, Gloria Hull, Langston Hughes, and Nella Larsen among others.  Enrollment limited to 40