BLST 265: The Harlem Renaissance
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Course Description
The intellectual, cultural, and artistic expressions among African Americans from 1912 to 1933, with an emphasis on the literary texts and social history. Same as ENGL 265. General Education: Understanding U.S. Society course; Understanding the Past course.
This course also fulfills the Cultural Production & Analysis major/minor theme requirement.
3 credit hours.
Past Texts Include
Claude McKay, Banjo
Nella Larsen, Passing
Rene Maran, Batouala
Eric Walrond, Tropic Death
George Schuyler, Black No More
James W. Johnson, Diary of an Ex-Coloured Man
Jessie Fauset, Comedy: American Style