Assignments for Week of June 1

We continue this week looking at the Harlem Renaissance. Also, I've scheduled a zoom meeting to discuss the Modernists (including the Harlem Renaissance) so far.

The meeting is Wednesday, June 3 at 12:30. I'll send out the link a few minutes beforehand.

Here's the link to the first assignment:
Harlem

Here's a link to the second assignment:
Old Lem

Assignment for May 26

The Harlem Renaissance was part of Modernism. Here's some background information and questions, which is one of your three assignments this week. All three assignments are due Monday, June 1 before 2 p.m.

Harlem Renaissance

Assignment number 2 is here: Let America be America Again

Assignment number 3 is here: Cross

Assignment for May 18

Last week we looked at a brief poem from Imagist Ezra Pound. This week, we look at much longer one from his contemporary, another Modernist, T.S. Eliot.

Here's a link to the assignment. Due Tuesday, May 26 before 2 p.m. (It would normally be due on Monday, but May 25 is a holiday.)

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Assignment for May 6

A subset among the Modernists, the Imagists, sought to create clear, precise images using minimal language. One of these Imagists was Amy Lowell, whose poem "Patterns" we looked at last week. This week you'll be looking at one very short poem from the Imagist Ezra Pound. Pound's poem "In a Station of the Metro" was originally much longer, but Pound kept paring it down to its essence. Ultimately, he reduced the poem to two lines. Within those two lines, he created a great deal of meaning. Your job this week is to unpack this meaning. Click the link for the assignment below.

In a Station of the Metro Assignment