Harlem Renaissance assignment

Here's what you'll need to do to complete this assignment:

1) choose one poem from the various Harlem Renaissance writers (Hughes, Cullen, Brown, Bennett, Toomer) that we've looked at;

2) review our discussion of modernism, particularly the four tenets of modernism that I proposed;

3) use 2 to 3 pages to answer both of the following questions:

- - - in what ways should this poem be considered a "modernist" poem?

- - - in what ways does this poem challenge or defy the aesthetics of modernism?

4) the assignment is due on Tuesday, December 9, at the beginning of class.

Good luck!