Themes covered include family, love and marriage patterns, ideals of beauty, national identities, and political leaders and representation. Enrollment limited to 15. Independent study of selected topics by individual students. Approval of the chair is required. Students must meet periodically with the instructor and complete papers or projects.
Students are limited to one independent study per semester.
Written permission of the instructor is required. 390A. The Harlem Renaissance. This course examines the extraordinary creativity in the arts and in other aspects of intellectual life by African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s. Although this cultural phenomenon was national in scope, most scholars agree that New York City, and Harlem in particular, was its epicenter. Enrollment limited to 15.