The Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

Between 1910 and 1920 thousands of African Americans moved from the south to the north. The problem of slavery in the south and discrimination against blacks was very intense. As a result, they moved north and most of them moved to the Harlem district of New York City. This great immigration is the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the Black Renaissance or New Black Movement, is a literary and artistic movement of African American (Shin).

Harlem Renaissance from 1920 to 1940 attracted new attention to African-American literature. During the Harlem Renaissance, a community of African-American based in New York's Harlem, as a greater social thought and cultural bloom - from many black artists, musicians and other jazz to drama - perhaps the most famous Renaissance field The classic of creation is the document that comes out of it. One of the most famous authors of Renaissance was the poet Langston Hughes. Hughes attracted the first attention in the 1922 poetry collection "Black American Poetry". This book edited by James Wilden Johnson introduces the work of the most talented poet of this period (Hometown and a series of short stories including Claude Mackay which also published three novels by Harudem, Banjo, Banana) In 1926, Hughes announced a series of poetry "Weary Blues" and in 1930 announced the novel "No smile".

Another great literary era is Harlem Renaissance. This period was in the early 1920s and the early 1940s. It is guided by a person named Langston Hughes and a poet. Langston Hughes is a defender of civil rights. Many of his poems are related to the civil rights bill that was taking place at the time. When you analyze these poems, you can think for yourself. Of course, it is the idea of ​​the poet that produces these style changes, they only focus on those who have written before them. You have to pull yourself out of the thinking process. These poets do not only obey what the great poets in front of us are doing. Rather than thinking about it, they rebuild their style. However, due to these historical changes and the change in this time, they changed the style they wish to write.