Harlem-Renaissance-Introduction.ppt

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1、1.Origins1.Origins 2.Characteristics and themes2.Characteristics and themes 3. Representatives3. Representatives4 4. Impact of the Harlem RenaissanceImpact of the Harlem Renaissance 1. Harlem Renaissance (HR) is the name given to the period from the end of World War I and through the middle of the 1

2、930s Depression, during which a group of talented African-American writers produced a sizable body of literature in the four prominent genres of poetry, fiction, drama, and essay. In the decades immediately following World War I, huge numbers of African Americans migrated to the industrial North fro

3、m the economically depressed and agrarian South. In cities such as Chicago, Washington, D.C, and New York City, the recently migrated sought and found (to some degree) new opportunities, both economic and artistic. African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and to become “The New

4、Negro”, a term coined in 1925 by sociologist and critic Alain LeRoy Locke in his influential book of the same name.2.Characterizing the Harlem Renaissance was an overt racial pride that came to be represented in the idea of the New Negro, who through intellect and production of literature, art, and

5、music could challenge the pervading racism and stereotypes to promote progressive or socialist politics, and racial and social integration. The creation of art and literature would serve to uplift the race.Common themes: alienation, marginality, the use of folk material, the use of the blues traditi

6、on, the problems of writing for an elite audience.3.RepresentativesJames Weldon Johnson was one of the leading figures of the period, author of the pioneering novel Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man (1912), and perhaps best known for Gods Trombones (1927), a collection of seven sermons in free ver

7、se, expressing the characteristic style and themes of the black preacher in pure and eloquent English. Johnson also acted as mentor to many of the young black writers who formed the core of the Harlem group. RepresentativesClaude Mckay, an immigrant from Jamaica, produced an impressive volume of ver

8、se, Harlem Shadows (1922), and a best-selling novel, Home to Harlem (1928), about a young Negros return from World War I. Countee Cullen was another important black poet. Cullen helped bring more Harlem poets to public notice by editing Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets in 1927. Re

9、presentativesLangston Hughes published his first collection of verse, The Weary Blues, in 1926, and his novel Not Without Laughter appeared in 1930. RepresentativesZora Neale Hurston published her masterpiece Their Eyes Are Watching God in 1937. It carried a message about the misery of black life in

10、 America. Their eyes evolved around a black woman in search of happiness. Zora admits to putting all the tenderness of her passion she felt for a man of West Indian descent into the book, and that the character Tea Cake possessed the good looks, physical strength and capacity to love, like the man s

11、he loved. Zora also revealed through Jamie, the female character in the book, the jealousy and love she felt for her true love.RepresentativesJean Toomer wrote short stories like Bona and Paul and Withered Skin of Berries, the plays Natalie Mann (1922) and Balo (1922), and many poems such as Five Vi

12、gnettes, Skyline, Poem in C, Gum, Banking Coal, and The First American. The Harlem Renaissance was successful in that it brought the Black experience clearly within the corpus of American cultural history. The migration of southern Blacks to the north changed the image of the African-American from rural, undereducated peasants to one of urban, cosmopolitan sophistication. 4.Impact This new identity led to a greater social consciousness, and African-Americans became players on the world stage, expanding intellectual and social contacts internationally.Thanks for your time!结束结束