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The Harlem Renaissance and Modernism

The Harlem Renaissance and Modernism. Why do people like to be on the “cutting edge”? What does modern mean to you?. Is this modern?. What is modern?. How can people hold on to their idealism in light of dire events? Is it even possible?. Can Ideals Survive Catastrophe?.

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The Harlem Renaissance and Modernism

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  1. The Harlem RenaissanceandModernism

  2. Why do people like to be on the “cutting edge”? What does modern mean to you? Is this modern? What is modern?

  3. How can people hold on to their idealism in light of dire events? Is it even possible? Can Ideals Survive Catastrophe?

  4. Is it important to honor your past? Writing is one way to honor one’s past – what are other ways to do this? How Can People Honor their Heritage?

  5. Do you think people regulate their behavior through reason and understanding? Or are they driven by unconscious desire? What drives human behavior?

  6. What are some of the major events from 1910 to 1940? Pause and chat with your neighbor…

  7. WWI: 1914 to 1918 How was WWI different from previous wars?

  8. Machine guns Poison gas Airplane bombers Submarines New War Technology

  9. WWI: The first modern war Some facts: 32 nations were involved. 20 million were dead.

  10. What effect did the war have on society? “Words such as glory, honor, courage or hallow were obscene.” --Ernest Hemingway

  11. (from a 1929 movie poster) Some Americans, disillusioned with the traditional values that led to war, sought escape in the pleasures of entertainment and good times. The Jazz Age

  12. A booming economy characterized this time. “…the greatest, guadiest spree in history” – F. Scott Fitzgerald The Roaring Twenties

  13. More money for goods More money for leisure 1920’s: Incomes on the Rise

  14. Alcohol was outlawed from 1920 to 1933. Prohibition

  15. Speakeasy’s – illegal bars – became popular Gangsters made their fortune in the blackmarket for alcohol. The Cotton Club, a popular Harlem night club, had all white guests listening to Black performers.

  16. It was about time! In 1920, passage of the 19th Amendment finally gave women the right to vote!

  17. Flappers…the new woman The flapper was an emancipated young woman who embraced new fashions and the urban attitudes of the day.

  18. F. Scott Fitzgerald was the voice of the 1920’s. He criticized the dark underside of the lives of the very rich. The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald

  19. The Harlem Renaissance When: 1916 through 1920’s What: Flowering of African American arts and culture Where: Harlem, New York City

  20. Millions of black farmers and sharecroppers moved to the urban North in search of opportunity and freedom from oppression and racial hostility. Great Migration

  21. Harlem – the upper West side of Manhattan – quickly became the cultural center of African-American life. Destination: Harlem

  22. Their Eyes Were Watching God is amongst the works that made her a figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Zora Neale Hurston

  23. One of the leading poets of the Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes

  24. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression spelled an end to the Roaring Twenties and the Harlem Renaissance. The Great Depression

  25. Modernism Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942

  26. “Art of writing that reflects a loss of hope after World War I and believes individuals are threatened and isolated by society and mass culture.” Modernism means…

  27. Poet William Carlos Williams is a Modernist. Bring out the Modernists…

  28. I guess that about covers it… Thanks for listening!

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