Harlem Renaissance

Purpose
We’re looking to get familiar with the Harlem Renaissance and identify ways in which social, historical, moral, psychological, and philosophical contexts shape art and also shape our responses to it. We also want to start defining and addressing specific audiences when we read and write.
Preparation
Read, review, and annotate and annotate Langston Hughes’ “Theme for English B”.
Submission Instructions
Answer the questions below in your response using MLA in-text citations where appropriate: How does “Theme for English B” fit the expectations for literature of the Harlem Renaissance? (Consider how you defined this for your Defining the Harlem Renaissance assignment.) (6-8 sentences in paragraph format including examples) How does your identity affect the way you respond to “Theme for English B”? (3-4 sentences) What is it about you are and what you have experienced that influences your appreciation/understanding/enjoyment/interpretation of the poem?Look up the Harlem branch of the YMCA online. Describe the type of accommodations that Hughes’ narrator might have experienced. Why is this important to the poem? (3-4 sentences)What is Hughes’ message or theme in this poem? How does this relate to modernism and the Harlem Renaissance in particular? (3-4 sentences with references)Who do you think is Hughes’ audience? What leads you to this answer? (2-3 sentences)Reply to at least one other student. How are your identities similar or different? How does this affect the way you respond to this poem?