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Slide 2 AJ Basa, Randee Elamparo, Jacob Dagdagan, & Adrien Magpantay Period 2 HARLEM RENAISSANCE POETRY Slide 3 African American Culture movement to express themselves Cultural movement also known as the New Negro Movement Took place in the first half of the 20 th century Centered in the city Harlem of New York -Not only a poetry movement but also includes: - Jazz, painting, dancing, and music Post World-War I A 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 DEFINED Slide 4 Techniques Used 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. Themes Challenges racism and stereotypes of African Americans. To celebrate the newfound interest in the African American Culture for the first time. Life & Hardships Skin Colors and Race TECHNIQUES AND THEMES Slide 5 Sept. 15, 1889 May 22, 1948 Born in Jamaica At age 7 he went to live with his oldest brother who was a teacher McKay read a lot of philosophy, science, theology, classical and British literature, Started writing poetry at age 10 Left for US in 1912 to attend Tuskegee Institute During his time in US, McKay became involved with black radicals Formed a revolutionary organization called the African Blood Brotherhood CLAUDE MCKAY (1889-1948) Slide 6 Songs of Jamaica (1912) Constab Ballads (1912) America (1921) The Dialect Poetry of Claude McKay (1972) The Passion of Claude McKay (1973) NOTABLE WORKS Slide 7 His 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 Whitman Hughes 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, 1967 LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) Slide 8 Let America Be America Again Dream Deferred Mother to Son Justice NOTABLE WORKS Slide 9 Born from a slave family in Dayton, Ohio; Mother: Matilda, Father: Joshua Only active African American student in high school, as editor of school newspaper and class president William Dean Howells published Dunbars work, Majors and Minors Use of Negro Dialect made him the first well known accepted African American writer Work is known for its conversational tone and colorful language, with brilliant rhetorical structure Died of Tuberculosis in Dayton PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR (1872-1906) Slide 10 A Black-Log Song A Banjo Song A Choice Morning NOTABLE WORKS Slide 11 Born 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) Slide 12 Color Copper Sun The Ballad of the Brown Girl Incident NOTABLE WORKS Slide 13 ARTWORK Slide 14 1.Carefully read the following poem by Claude McKay. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how Dunbar conveys the relationship between the Americans and African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance through the use of figurative language and other poetic techniques. 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 PROMPTS Slide 15 Write a poem using the writing styles similar to those during the Harlem Renaissance using the following topics: 1) Racism 2) Bullying 3) War AT LEAST 3 VOLUNTEERS!!!! INTERACTIVE POETRY LESSON Slide 16 Which genre of music did the Harlem Renaissance mostly impact? A)Jazz/Blues B)Country C)Rap D)Folk QUIZ Slide 17 Which genre of music did the Harlem Renaissance mostly impact? A)Jazz/Blues B)Country C)Rap D)Folk Slide 18 What other ideas contributed to the Harlem Renaissance besides poetry? A) Farm work, Babysitting, and House Cleaning B) Painting, Dancing, and Music C) Eating, Sleeping, and Watching TV D) Walking a Dog, Walking a Cat, Walking a Lion Slide 19 What other ideas contributed to the Harlem Renaissance besides poetry? A) Farm work, Babysitting, and House Cleaning B) Painting, Dancing, and Music C) Eating, Sleeping, and Watching TV D) Walking a Dog, Walking a Cat, Walking a Lion Slide 20 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 & Hardships D) Skin Colors and Race E) All of the Above Slide 21 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 & Hardships D) Skin Colors and Race E) All of the Above Slide 22 In Langston Hughes Poem A Dream Deferred, what literary device is used throughout the poem? A) Hyperbole B) Metaphor C) Simile D) Repetition E) All of the Above Slide 23 In Langston Hughes Poem A Dream Deferred, what literary device is used throughout the poem? A) Hyperbole B) Metaphor C) Simile D) Repetition E) All of the Above Slide 24 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/25 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/25 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/302 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/302 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/55 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/55 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5657 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5657 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83 RESOURCES