Overview
EACH PAPER SHOULD BE 3-4 PAGES IN LENGTH, DOUBLE-SPACED AND TYPED. CITATIONS SHOULD APPEAR IN PARENTHETICAL FORM: (TAYLOR & AUSTEN, P. 29.) EACH ANSWER SHOULD HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT THAT IS NO LONGER THAN TWO SENTENCES PRINTED IN BOLDFACE. PLEASE RESTATE THE PROMPT AT THE TOP OF YOUR ANSWERS. KEEP BOTH ESSAYS ON ONE DOCUMENT, ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
ESSAY PROMPT#1: WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE. FOCUS ON THE PROLIFERATION OF THE ARTS, PATRONAGE, AND THE OVERALL TRAJECTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE. BE SURE TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM LECTURES (YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO LECTURES, SO PLEASE TAKE CERTAIN, BROAD/GENERAL, INFORMATION FROM THE READINGS PROVIDED AND CITE IT FROM THE "LECTURES"), THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE READINGS AND DARKEST AMERICA.
ESSAY PROMPT #2: A MAJOR THEME OF THIS CLASS IS TRANSFORMATION --DEMOGRAPHIC, TECHNOLOGICAL AND PERSONAL. USING LECTURES CONCERNING BLACKFACE AND HOUDINI AS WELL ASTHE WIZARD OF OZANDDARKEST AMERICA, DISCUSS THIS THEME.