1. Harlem Renaissance (1918-1935)

2. Harlem Renaissance (1918-1935)
Take the A Train by Duke Ellington
Harlem Renaissance ( )
A flowering of African American art, literature, music and culture in the United States led primarily by the African American community based in Harlem, New York City.

3. Characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance
Creative expression – not just in literature but also music and art
Intellectualism - a "spiritual emancipation" for the African American community and the opportunity to reshape the African American heritage as an intellectual one equal to whites

4. Characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance
Prevalent Themes:
Love of God
Identity issues
Racial Pride
Desperation and/or sadness and hopelessness
Openly addresses discrimination

5. Music
New Orleans Blues By Jelly Roll Morton
Jazz
Brass and woodwind instruments with trumpets, trombones and saxophones playing lead parts
Characterized by intricate leads and accidentals
Complex chords, syncopated rhythms
Improvised solos

6. Music
Big Band or Swing
No microphones meant that musicians increased band size to increase sound
Used composers and arrangers

7. Notable Musicians

8. Notable Artists Café, William H. Johnson
Renaissance Suite By Stephen Scott Trio
Notable Artists
Café, William H. Johnson

9. Aspects of Negro Life By
Aaron Douglas
Abstract CityScape by Charles Alston

10. Jeunesse
by Palmer Hayden
The Janitor Who Paints by Palmer Hayden
The Seamstress by Jacob Lawrence

11. Notable Writers
Zora Neale Hurston was always interested in writing, and during the Harlem Renaissance, she befriended some very famous writers, such as Langston Hughes. By 1937, she had published a handful of short stories, articles, as well as the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. - historyoftheharlemrenaissance.com

12. Countee Cullen thought long and hard in his poems about his own and collective African-American identity. Some of his strongest poems question the benevolence of a Creator who has bestowed a race with such mixed blessings. – poets.org

13. Langston Hughes is one of the most well known names of the Harlem Renaissance. He was a writer, whose pieces ranged from novels, to plays. He wrote short stories, children’s books, translations, and anthologies as well. However, his most well known pieces were his poems. - historyoftheharlemrenaissance.com

14. (Words that I expect you already know, and we don’t need to review: protagonist, symbol, theme, flashback, tone, imagery, allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, foreshadowing)
Local Color- is an element in fiction and poetry that collectively focuses on the dialect, customs, and colloquialisms of the characters as well topography, and other features particular to a specific region. Local color establishes authenticity of regional characters, may include seemingly insignificant details of the region. Great writers: Harper Lee, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Brett Harte

15. Dialect- A representation of the speech patterns of a particular region or social group, distinguished by variations of accent, grammar, or vocabulary. Dialect, naturally, changes from location to location.
In Syracuse, we say cray-yon, not crown
In New Jersey, my sister-in-law is MaryBeth, not MaryBeth.
Many Marylanders say “warter” for water and “Warshington” for Washington
I “sawl” a deer run across the road
Crick vs. creek
Peeecan/pecan
Carmel/caramel
Ball tee more, Merlin = Baltimore, Maryland

16. Colloquial language- informal expression whose usage is inappropriate for formal writing and/or localized to a particular area and not in general use.
“The character is gonna seek revenge…”
“Y’all” used most down south…connotes a familiarity between subjects, making it inappropriate for formal writing
Long Sandwiches…most people call them “subs”, but in the northwest region, they are called “grinders” or “hoagies”
In NY, you get “proofed” for an alcoholic beverage, but in MD, you get “carded” or “ID’d”
After a long night out, we would all go get a garbage plate.
Soda vs. Pop
“Inside the beltway”
“Mixing Bowl”
The “green box”

17. Cool Maps about Language and Colloquialisms:
Video about Colloquialisms: