Park University Harlem Renaissance History Essay
Description
This short critical paper allows you to analyze a topic or theme found in the unit’s reading and introductory material by practicing a thesis-driven essay with supporting textual evidence. 2-3 pages long, the unit paper requires citations and a works cited page. The response must be formatted in 12pt font, lines double-spaced, each page numbered, and grammar conventions observed.
Prompt
Identify what is “New” about an African American who is living at the time of the Harlem Renaissance, according to Alain Locke in his seminal writing, “The New Negro.” Then identify and discuss those new elements that you see revealed in Hurston’s short stories. Alternatively, you might take an oppositional angle, and question Locke’s arguments and/or whether they are actually reflected in Hurston’s stories (or whether they are reflected differently). Remember to quote and properly credit through MLA format specific phrases from the work that you select as illustrations of your claims and ideas.
In responding to this prompt, you may want to ask yourself the following questions: What does Locke mean by “a new dynamic phase” (985)? How does he relate the newness he identifies to religious topics? What specifically has caused any transformation from the past? What does Locke mean when he states that black people have “idols of the tribe to smash” (988)? What does Locke mean when he compares the experiences of “new” African Americans to “a spiritual Coming of Age” (993)? After answering such questions, use your newly discovered ideas to apply to Hurston’s fiction. Remember – These are only examples of questions to which you might respond. Feel free to think of your own!
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