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The Harlem Renaissance and its Effect on African American Literature
Thesis: The literary movement during the Harlem Renaissance was a raging fire that brought about new life for the African American writer; its flame still burns today through the writings of contemporary African American writers.

I. The Harlem Renaissance- Its Beginning and Development

II. The Major Writers
A. Claude McKay
B. Jean Toomer
C. Countee Cullen
D. Langston Hughes
E. Zora Neale Hurston

III. Major Themes of Writing during the Harlem Renaissance
A. The effort to recapture the African American past and African Heritage
B. Life in Harlem
C. Racism

IV. The Harlem Renaissance – The Era Comes to a Close

V. The Influence on Contemporary African American Writing
A. Toni Cade Bambara
B. Darryl Pinckney
C.
D.

VI. The Fire of the Renaissance has become the Flame






Janie Paige
Ms. Robinson
English Composition ENG-1123......

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