Harlem renaissance poetry

AJ Basa, Randee Elamparo, Jacob Dagdagan, & Adrien Magpantay Period 2Harlem renaissance poetry African American Culture movement to express themselvesCultural movement also known as the New Negro MovementTook place in the first half of the 20th centuryCentered in the city Harlem of New York -Not only a poetry movement but also includes:- Jazz, painting, dancing, and musicPost World-War IA time when African-Americans moved from the poor South to the much more Industrial North (Great Migration) Poetry was used during this movement to cultivate a new cultural identity and voice for African Americans

Harlem Renaissance poetry definedTechniquesUsed rhythms of African American music into poems of ghetto life. (ex: Langston Hughes)Use of Sonnets to attack racial violence. (ex: Claude McKay)Some writers would use the structure of blues song with repetition.Some used Black/African American dialect.

ThemesChallenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans.To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time. Life & HardshipsSkin Colors and RaceTechniques and themes Sept. 15, 1889 May 22, 1948Born in JamaicaAt age 7 he went to live with his oldest brother who was a teacherMcKay read a lot of philosophy, science, theology, classical and British literature,Started writing poetry at age 10Left for US in 1912 to attend Tuskegee InstituteDuring his time in US, McKay became involved with black radicalsFormed a revolutionary organization called the African Blood Brotherhood

Claude mckay (1889-1948)

Songs of Jamaica (1912)Constab Ballads (1912)America (1921)The Dialect Poetry of Claude McKay (1972)The Passion of Claude McKay (1973)Notable WorksHis parents divorced when he was a young child and his father moved to Mexico so he was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen

After graduating high school, he spent a year in Mexico, then a year at Columbia university in New York.

In November, 1924, Hughes wrote his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues

He claimed his influences to be Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt WhitmanHughes refused to write about personal experiences, but he wrote to reflect African Americans actual culture: including suggerring, culture and love for music.

He died due to a complication of prostate cancer may 22, 1967Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

Let America Be America AgainDream DeferredMother to SonJusticeNotable worksBorn from a slave family in Dayton, Ohio; Mother: Matilda, Father: JoshuaOnly active African American student in high school, as editor of school newspaper and class presidentWilliam Dean Howells published Dunbars work, Majors and MinorsUse of Negro Dialect made him the first well known accepted African American writerWork is known for its conversational tone and colorful language, with brilliant rhetorical structureDied of Tuberculosis in Dayton

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

A Black-Log SongA Banjo SongA ChoiceMorningNotable worksBorn in New York City and raised in a Methodist parsonage (church house).He began writing poetry at the age of 14.In 1922, he attended New York University.His poems were published in The Crisis, which was led by the famous W.E.B Du Bois.He was resistant to the new poetic techniques of the Modernists. Countee cullen (1903-1946)

ColorCopper SunThe Ballad of the Brown GirlIncidentNotable Worksartwork

1.Carefully read the following poem by Claude McKay. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze howDunbar conveys the relationship between the Americans and African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance through the use of figurative language and other poetictechniques.

2. Read carefully the following poem by Countee Cullen. Then write an essay analyzing how Cullen employs literary techniques to develop the complex meanings that the speaker attributes to the time era. You may wish to consider such elements as structure, imagery, and tone.

3. Read carefully the following poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Then write an essay analyzing how Dunbar employs literary techniques to develop the complex meanings that the speaker attributes to the time period of the Harlem Renaissance. You may wish to consider such elements as structure, imagery, and tone.AP style writing promptsWrite a poem using the writing styles similar to those during the Harlem Renaissance using the following topics: 1) Racism2) Bullying3) War

AT LEAST 3 VOLUNTEERS!!!!Interactive poetry lessonWhich genre of music did the Harlem Renaissance mostly impact?

A)Jazz/BluesB)CountryC)RapD)Folk

quizWhich genre of music did the Harlem Renaissance mostly impact?

A)Jazz/BluesB)CountryC)RapD)Folk

What other ideas contributed to the Harlem Renaissance besides poetry?A) Farm work, Babysitting, and House CleaningB) Painting, Dancing, and MusicC) Eating, Sleeping, and Watching TVD) Walking a Dog, Walking a Cat, Walking a Lion

What other ideas contributed to the Harlem Renaissance besides poetry?A) Farm work, Babysitting, and House CleaningB) Painting, Dancing, and MusicC) Eating, Sleeping, and Watching TVD) Walking a Dog, Walking a Cat, Walking a Lion

What are some of the possible themes in a Harlem Renaissance poem?

A) Challenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans.B) To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time. C) Life & HardshipsD) Skin Colors and RaceE) All of the Above

What are some of the possible themes in a Harlem Renaissance poem?

A) Challenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans.B) To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time. C) Life & HardshipsD) Skin Colors and RaceE) All of the Above

In Langston Hughes Poem A Dream Deferred, what literary device is used throughout the poem?

A) HyperboleB) MetaphorC) Simile D) Repetition E) All of the AboveIn Langston Hughes Poem A Dream Deferred, what literary device is used throughout the poem?

A) HyperboleB) MetaphorC) Simile D) Repetition E) All of the Above

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