Topics in Modern/Contemporary American Literature I (Fall 2025)
- ENGL 200
- ENGL 290
N/A
one-way Exclusions
- The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader, Ed. David Levering Lewis. Penguin (1995).
- A print copy of this edition of the text is required.
- Additional readings will be available via onQ.
ENGL 471: The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement centered in the New York City neighbourhood of Harlem. It began in at the end of WWI and lasted through the 1930s. The movement coincided with the Jazz Age and gave rise to the production of some of the most exciting and enduring works of African American Literature. It was time in which leading figures like Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes burst in the spotlight and helped to redefine Black culture in the United States and abroad. In this course we will examine major works of African American literature, art, and music from this period. We will also engage with advanced literary research and writing.
Assessments
Grading Components
- Seminar presentation
- Essay
- Final exam
- Regular class attendance
- Active real-time in-class participation
- Online activities and quizzes
**Subject to change**
This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
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With repeatable courses, the course number (e.g., ENGL 466) is repeatable, but the topic is not. You can take as many topics as you like under the same course number, but you can only take each individual topic once.
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