harlem-renaissance-7

Due Week 7 and worth 200 points

The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, history, or literature, with important examples and themes that still resonate today for one’s professional or personal life. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are!

• Harlem Renaissance Writers. Choose two different authors from the Harlem Renaissance and one work by each author. Write an essay that:

1. Describes each author’s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance. Discuss their literary careers and relationships with other writers.
2. Summarize the main ideas from one work by each author, using 8-10 sentences for each summary (two paragraphs total).
3. Describe their writing styles, the types of images and themes they use in their work (one paragraph about each author).
4. Explain how these authors and their works have impacted your own life. How will you apply their ideas to your career?

The Project Paper will be graded on:

• The level to which the instructions were followed.
• The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were addressed.
• The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general claim or main idea.
• The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.
• Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
• The inclusion and use of the sources identified above for your topic (the Strayer text book and any other sources/links given). Also, the use of at least one other relevant, good quality source found in our online Library. (Other sources not meeting these criteria should not be used).
• The sources used will be documented in your paper using the SWS style (see below).
• The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
  • Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
  • Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
  • Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
  • Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
  • Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.