Harlem Renaissance

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

The Harlem Renaissance

- definition is important
- What is important to you?
- Claude McKay
- Harlem, New York in the '20s
- McKay vs Hurston
- Langston Hughes
- Write

What are your thoughts on this little poem? What do you think this is about?

Answer on the next page >>>

Waar gaat dit gedicht over?

“As it became more and more viral, people started to project all sorts of meaning onto it”

https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2018/03/6-year-olds-tiger-poem-takes-twitter-by-storm/ 

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--Poetry can be about what matters to you. --
Noem iets wat je is overkomen dat je toen heel oneerlijk vond.

-- Poetry can share opinions --
Kies één van de situaties van net.
Wat voor mening/advies zou je geven?

Als je geen advies weet, mag je iets aardigs zeggen over een situatie.

gemeenschappelijke vijand

zwijnen

opgejaagd

trotseren

'familie'

lafhartige roedel

What is the tone of this poem?

What do you think is it about? What kind of advice is given in the poem?

From slaves 

to free men

and women.

From South 

To North. 

From nameless to having a culture

 of your own. 

The Harlem Renaissance

Claude McKay

'Outcast'

Zora Neal Hurston

'The Eatonville Anthology'

Things I think about when I hear
McKay's poetry...

Things I think about when I hear Hurston's stories...

Name one of the big differences
between McKay's response to the situation, and Hurston's response.

What is different in the work of Langston Hughes compared to the other two?

Vocab and emotions that belong
to the Harlem renaissance:

In the face of injustice, you can be angry, express yourself + show the good things and be hopeful that you might change things.
Which one do you feel fits you best?

1. Anger
2. Expressive
3. Hopeful
4. Something else

What kind of influence had literature in 1920-1930?

Read ... to know others.

Write ... to show yourself.

Think... to understand when both are the same.