THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and interpret works of literature and art produced by Black artists and writers during the Harlem Renaissance . Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Provide a historical overview of African American creative expression during the first two decades of the twentieth center. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Identify major figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the social and political environment of the era and how Black artists, writers and intellectuals used their talents to fight against systemic racism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discuss how the Harlem Renaissance helped to create international collaboration in the arts and literature across the African Diaspora. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Conduct extensive archival research at the Schomburg center for Research in Black culture. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze and interpret works of literature and art produced by Black artists and writers during the Harlem Renaissance . Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Provide a historical overview of African American creative expression during the first two decades of the twentieth center. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Identify major figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the social and political environment of the era and how Black artists, writers and intellectuals used their talents to fight against systemic racism. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discuss how the Harlem Renaissance helped to create international collaboration in the arts and literature across the African Diaspora. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Conduct extensive archival research at the Schomburg center for Research in Black culture. Audience: Graduate